A medical worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 at a gym in San Juan City, Manila on Feb 7, 2022. - AFP
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The Duterte administration is embarking on a "last minute" programme to encourage - possibly even force - more Filipinos to get vaccinated against Covid-19, given the bleak prospect that some 27 million doses "could end up in the garbage," thus wasting taxpayer money and increasing the risk of another surge in cases that the Philippines can ill-afford.
President Duterte said in his prerecorded public address this week that the government may have to go "house to house" to administer the vaccines, while Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said the government was considering putting an expiration date on Covid-19 vaccination cards to force them to get boosted.
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