Gov’t to start vaccinating ‘A4’ priority group in June The national government will start vaccinating qualified individuals under the A4 priority group including those who work outside their homes and government workers in June. “Sa buwan ng Hunyo din sisimulan ang pagbabakuna ng A4 priority group (The vaccination of the A4 priority group will also begin in June),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing on Monday. Under Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Resolution No. 117, those eligible for vaccination include private sector workers required to be physically present at their workplace outside their residences; employees in government agencies and instrumentalities; and informal sector workers and self-employed who may be required to work outside their residences, and those working in private households. Roque said local government units (LGUs)
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may prioritize vaccinating economic front-liners aged 40 to 59 years old. Citing government data, Roque said the A4 priority group will be focused on approximately 13 million additional workers in Metro Manila and other areas in NCR Plus 8, the areas that make up the majority of Covid-19 cases in the country. These areas are Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Bulacan, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, and Rizal.
vaccine is the vaccine that is available),” he said. As of Sunday, the Philippines has administered over 5 million Covid-19 doses since it began its vaccine rollout on March 1. The country now has four brands of Covid-19 vaccines in its inventory namely Sinovac’s CoronaVac (China), AstraZeneca (UK), Sputnik V (Russia), and Pfizer (US).
The Department of Health Another 22.5 million workers (DOH) earlier revised its will subsequently be target to inoculate 50 to 60 included from areas outside percent of the population NCR Plus 8, bringing the with a concentration in total estimate to 35.5 million. Metro Manila, two other cities, and six provinces He encouraged those instead of its initial 70 belonging to A1 to A3 percent of Filipinos. priority groups to also get vaccinated against DOH Undersecretary Myrna Covid-19 and refrain from Cabotaje earlier said the being choosy over vaccine government will now aim brands. for “population protection” “Ang pinakabisang bakuna against Covid-19 while ay ang available na waiting for more vaccines. bakuna (The most effective (PNA/Azer Parrocha)
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