TOP PRIORITY: Health workers receive their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Hulo Integrated School in Mandaluyong City on Thursday. The Department of Health has complained about local officials jumping the line and getting themselves vaccinated ahead of health workers, the top priority group in the national government’s vaccination drive. —LYN RILLON
MANILA, March 26 (The Philippine Inquirer/ANN) - President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the investigation of local officials who got themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of health workers, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday.
In a statement, DILG officer in charge Bernardo Florece Jr. said five mayors who skipped the line had been ordered to explain their actions and given three days to respond to the order.
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