Doing their part: Residents queueing for vaccines at the Barangay Sucat Covered Court, in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila. — Reuters
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with over 1.3 million cases and more than 23, 000 deaths.
“You choose – vaccine or I will have you jailed, ” Duterte said in a televised address on Monday following reports of low turnouts at several vaccination sites in Manila.
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