MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has spent around P400 million for the hiring of more than 3,000 vaccinators whose contracts will end in June.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire assured, however, that the DOH has already secured funding to rehire the vaccinators once their contracts end next month.
“Nakapaghire na tayo ng additional vaccinators, at dito, gumastos tayo ng about almost P400 million to hire more than 3,000 vaccinators and their contracts (will) end in June,” she said in an online press briefing on Friday.
(We have hired additional vaccinators, and we have spent P400 million for the more than 3,000 vaccinators we have hired whose …
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