MARAWI CITY —- Mindanao local officials who jumped the vaccine line said they were not doing it to save themselves but to show to their reluctant and fearful constituents that taking the vaccine is safe.
Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong, Jr., the first and only elected government official in the province who received a vaccine together with health workers on Monday, was questioned why he got the jab when he was not a healthcare worker.
Jennie Tamano, the provincial information officer, said Adiong was inoculated to boost the people’s confidence in the vaccine.
“Governor Adiong wants to set an example to his constituents, who mostly do not believe in the COVID-19 virus and va…
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