Former Health secretary Dr. Esperanza CabralTwo former health secretaries and different medical experts backed the business sector's call to ramp up vaccination to protect Filipinos while allowing vaccinated individuals to sustain the economy. The medical experts proposed intensified testing, contact tracing and vaccination rollouts, especially on senior citizens, overseas Filipino workers, and pregnant women. Concepcion thanked the medical community's support for the safe reopening of the economy and urged them to amplify the message of granting mobility for the vaccinated. Concepcion on Tuesday maintained the proposed vaccine bubble was not meant to discriminate against citizens. "The vaccine bubble is composed of the family bubble and the business bubble.

Source: Manila Times September 28, 2021 16:30 UTC