MANILA, Philippines – National team members competing in the Tokyo Olympics in July and Hanoi Southeast Asian Games in November will start to get their jabs on Friday at the Manila Prince Hotel. “Approved na vaccination day, exclusive for SEA Games and Olympic-bound delegates Friday maghapon,” said Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham Tolentino during yesterday’s online Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum. No less than Department of Health secretary Francisco Duque III and national COVID-19 vaccine czar Sec. “They could coordinate with POC para mabigay yung total number of persons na dadating. Tolentino said there would be another batch since some have yet to identify their SEA Games team and are in the provinces or outside the country.

Source: Philippine Star May 25, 2021 06:22 UTC