Manila Bulletin
New COVID-19 vaccine priority list places governors, mayors ahead of seniors
Local chief executives, including governors and mayors, have been moved up to the A1.5 priority group for COVID-19 vaccination, making them second in line after medical workers.
This new category places them ahead of senior citizens (A2) and individuals with comorbidities (A3).
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the inclusion of all governors and city and municipal mayors under the priority group A1.5, regardless of the risk classification of their respective local government units (LGUs).
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque emphasized the need to move mayors and governors up on the vaccine priority list because they are primarily in charge of prevent-detect-isolate-treat-reintegrate (PDITR) measures to slow down COVID-19 infections.
The country has around 1,634 provincial governors and city and municipal mayors.
As of May 15, over 2.9 million Filipinos have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with a significant portion of healthcare workers already vaccinated.
The country now has four brands of Covid-19 vaccines in its inventory: Sinovac's CoronaVac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Pfizer.
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