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Over 180K healthcare workers now on vaccination master list
Over 180,000 health workers, 1.4 million senior citizens, and millions more from other priority groups are on the Philippine government's vaccine master list.
As of February 16, the Vaccine Information Management System of the DICT includes 186,562 healthcare workers, over 1.4 million senior citizens, 3 million indigents, and 164,000 uniformed personnel.
The majority of the listed healthcare workers are from hospitals designated for the initial rollout of Pfizer vaccines.
The initial rollout of 117,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines was planned for 34 hospitals in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao.
A definitive delivery date for the first batch of vaccines has not yet been announced.
The vaccine rollout has been delayed due to the absence of an indemnification law, which is necessary to provide compensation for potential serious side effects from the COVID-19 vaccines.
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