5,000 workers, OFWs to get COVID-19 jabs on Labor Day

More than 5,000 laborers, including Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), are set to be inoculated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a symbolic vaccination on Labor Day, May 1.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has mobilized 3,000 OFWs and an additional 2,000 low-income workers for the program.

These workers are part of the A4 priority group, which includes economic frontliners.

Senator Joel Villanueva urged the government to make the Labor Day vaccination drive for workers non-stop and sustained, not just a one-day event.

Villanueva also called for DOLE to map out essential workers under the A4 classification to sustain the vaccination drive beyond Labor Day.

He suggested the government should have a registry of A4 workers and consider including informal sector workers, possibly through a user-friendly app for registration.