MANILA, Philippines—Vaccination is compulsory for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who might have no choice but receive vaccines developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech that were expected to arrive soon.
“To get inoculated or not is not an option for the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, it is a duty,” AFP spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said at an online briefing.
Arevalo said mandating men in uniform to be inoculated was necessary because soldiers play key roles as first responders in hospitals, quarantine checkpoints and in transporting medical supplies and stranded people. Soldiers were expected to have a crucial part i…
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