MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday aired his dismay over the vaccination of people who are not medical workers and who are not on the priority list. Inoculation efforts in the country are still focused on health workers, with over 500,000 so far vaccinated out of the 1.7 million who are the top priority. "Frontline healthcare workers go first in the A1 priority list. Duterte reiterated a warning by the World Health Organization that failure to follow the list of priorities could risk the country's share in the COVAX facility. "Ordinarily, it's just trivial," Duterte said of officials going ahead of a government-prepared priority list.

Source: Philippine Star March 24, 2021 15:00 UTC