The Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination of frontline workers might begin mid-May or June, an official said Monday.
The Inter-Agency Task Force Against COVID-19 last week approved those included in the A4 priority group, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles.
Government continues to inoculate A1 to A3 groups or health workers, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities, he added.
"Around end of May to maybe June kasi that’s the time na marami rin tayong makukuhang bakuna," Nograles told ANC's Headstart. "Probably mid-May to June pwede na po (ang A4)."
(Around end of May to maybe June because that’s the time we will receive more vaccines...Probably mid-May to June we can begin inoculating the A4 group.)
The A4 group includes:
Commuter transport (land, air, and sea), including logistics
Public and private, wet and dry market vendors
Frontline workers in groceries, supermarkets, delivery services
Workers in manufacturing for food, beverage, medical and pharmaceutical products
Frontline workers in food retail, including food service delivery
Frontline workers in private and government financial services
Frontline workers in hotels and accommodation establishments
Priests, rabbis, imams, and other religious leaders
Security guards/personnel assigned in offices, agencies, and organizations identified in the list of priority industries/sectors
Frontline workers in private and government news media
Customer-facing personnel of telecoms, cable and internet service providers, electricity distribution and water distribution utilities
Frontline personnel in basic education and higher education institutions and agencies
Overseas Filipino workers, including those scheduled for deployment within 2 months
Frontline workers in law/justice, security, and social protection sectors
Frontline government workers engaged in the operations of government transport system, quarantine inspection; worker safety inspection and other COVID-19 response activities
Frontline government workers in charge of tax collection, assessment of businesses for incentives, election, national ID, data collection personnel
Diplomatic community and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) personnel in consular operations
Department of Public Works and Highways personnel in charge of monitoring government infrastructure projects
The Philippines, which began its COVID-19 immunization campaign last month, has administered 1.25 million doses of vaccines as of April 13.
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