MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III assured on Wednesday that there will be no “VIP treatment” for government officials in the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019. We will look into this that wala pong mga tinatawag nating VIP treatment,” he said when asked how the DOH can ensure that government officials would not crowd out other priority recipients of the vaccines. We will look into it so that there would be no VIP treatment.) Duque earlier said that healthcare workers, frontliners in select agencies, uniformed personnel, indigent citizens, senior citizens and other vulnerable populations will be among the priorities for the COVID-19 vaccination drive. Duque said he would also encourage other government officials to do the same.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 23, 2020 05:22 UTC