Labor chief proposes vaccine-for-deployment deal with UK

Updated Fri, February 26, 2021 at 1:55 AM Published Tue, February 23, 2021 at 8:06 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III proposed that the UK provide COVID-19 vaccines in exchange for an exemption from the 5,000 deployment cap for Filipino healthcare workers.

Bello will inform President Duterte by Monday about the UK's response, which he described as "very, very favorable, positive".

The UK Ambassador to the Philippines, Daniel Pruce, previously stated that the UK has no plans to link vaccines to nurse recruitment.

The proposal aims to include all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for vaccination, not just healthcare workers.

Malacañang welcomed the idea, and Bello hopes the public understands his intention.

The Philippines has similar requests for vaccine provisions from Germany.

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