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Duterte eyes police stations as COVID-19 vaccination hubs
President Duterte has warned police officers tasked with distributing and administering COVID-19 vaccines that they will face imprisonment if they make mistakes.
He ordered the use of police stations as vaccination hubs once the vaccines become available in the country.
The President assured the public that vaccines might arrive in the Philippines by December, and their distribution and administration would be supervised by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.
He explicitly warned police against causing trouble or selling vaccines, vowing to hunt down and punish those who do.
The vaccine is promised to be free, with priority given to beneficiaries of the social amelioration program.
Duterte also called for the assistance of unemployed nurses and volunteers to help administer the vaccines at police stations and military camps upon their arrival.
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