President Duterte orders investigation of Mayors who jumped the vaccine queue

Presidente Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the investigation of Mayors who have jumped the queue and were vaccinated against COVID-19.

Several Mayors have jumped the queue and were vaccinated against COVID-19. Only health workers and frontline workers are in the government's priority list Source: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Highlights

• The Mayors say they wanted to build confidence and show their constituents that the vaccines were safe
• Overall there are 99,891 active cases in the country with a total of 693,048 COVID-19 cases in the Philippines
• Metro Manila Council says the Mayors have yet to discuss the possibility of extending the implementation of stricter version of general community quarantine (GCQ).

The World Health Organization has warned that vaccine supply donated to the Philippines from the COVAX Facility will be affected if  it does not strictly follow the government's priority list.

 

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