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Outbound OFWs, health workers’ immediate family now under ‘A1’
The Philippine government has prioritized overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) scheduled for deployment within four months and the immediate family members of healthcare workers in its COVID-19 vaccination program.
This update expands the A1 priority group to include these individuals, alongside the existing category of healthcare workers and medical frontliners.
The A4 priority group has also been simplified to encompass all government and private sector workers, informal sector workers, and those in private households who must physically report to their workplaces.
Within the A4 category, individuals aged 40 to 59 will be prioritized, followed by those aged 18 to 39.
Vaccinations for the A4 group will initially be focused on the National Capital Region (NCR) and other key areas like Pampanga, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao.
Foreign residents, including Chinese citizens, are not yet included in the national vaccination program, though Filipino-Chinese individuals may have received the vaccine.
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