MANILA, Philippines — Healthcare professionals, including nurses and doctors, who are not actively engaged in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic would not be given priority in the vaccinations, President Rodrigo Duterte said in a pre-recorded briefing televised Monday night.
The supply of vaccines currently available would only be enough for health workers in the frontlines, he explained.
The President said this after he personally welcomed the 1.2 million vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac BioTech. These are part of the purchases made by the government.
“Let’s frank. The 1.2 million doses that arrived today will just be enough for the frontliners — the health …
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