MANILA, Philippines — Only health workers are allowed to be included in the “quick substitution list” for vaccination as they are currently the top priority in the country’s COVID-19 inoculation efforts, the Department of Health stressed Friday. The “quick substitution list” includes people who can get COVID-19 vaccines in case individuals scheduled to receive jabs do not show up. Vaccination sites had been ordered to prepare substitution lists that must include health workers prior to the start of COVID-19 immunization program on March 1. Related Stories Vax sites ordered to come up with list of substitute COVID-19 vaccine recipients“Your quick substitution list should include all health workers and frontliners and who are directly caring for our COVID-19 patients,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. Vergeire said vaccination sites had been told to include workers of nearby private hospitals and clinics in the inoculation efforts.

Source: Philippine Star March 26, 2021 05:15 UTC