The government rolled out the COVID-19 vaccination of the A4 priority group, which included economic workers, Monday, June 7.
The symbolic vaccination was held in Pasay City. The A4 priority group includes all those workers who are physically required to go on-site for their job.
“This is a game-changer in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said.
“We want our workers to be safe while they return to work,” Roque added.
The complete list of the A4 priority group is as follows:
- 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
Gov’t launches vaccination of A4 priority group
- 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 two 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
Meanwhile, an additional 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by Chinese company Sinovac arrived this Sunday.
At around 7:30 a.m., the plane carrying vaccines from Beijing, China, landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2.
This is the first batch of Sinovac vaccines to arrive in the Philippines after Sinovac obtained emergency use approval from the World Health Organization.
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