MANILA, Philippines — Areas under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) can expect more vaccines after President Rodrigo Duterte directed that those with high COVID-19 cases be prioritized in the distribution of jabs, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Tuesday.
“Pumayag na po siya (Duterte) na ang ipapa-prioritize nga po sa vaccine deployment in terms of the number ay yung mga areas na mataas ang bilang ng COVID-19 [cases]…’Yun ang pinakabagong direktiba ni Pangulong Duterte,” Nograles said in an interview over Teleradyo.
(He allowed the prioritization of the vaccine deployment in terms of numbers to areas with a high number of COVID-19 cases…That’s the new…
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