Health workers can choose COVID-19 vaccine, retain priority status

Updated Sat, February 27, 2021 at 3:46 PM Published Fri, February 26, 2021 at 4:06 PM

Front-line health care workers in the Philippines will not lose their priority status for COVID-19 vaccinations even if they refuse the Sinovac vaccine.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque guaranteed that medical front-liners have the privilege to choose their preferred vaccine.

Those who decline the Sinovac jab will still receive their preferred vaccine when it becomes available.

This assurance is a change from Roque's earlier statement on January 11, where he said those who refuse the first available vaccine would lose their priority slot.

For now, the option to choose COVID-19 vaccines is limited to healthcare workers.

Roque emphasized that no one will be forced to get vaccinated and no one will be left behind in the vaccination line.

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