Go: Let’s enlist AFP reservists to help fast-track vaccine rollout

Senator Bong Go on Friday urged the government to mobilize reservists of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to intensify efforts to control the spread of Covid-19.

“Ang totoo niyan ay kulang na kulang po tayo sa human resources. And, in order, to accelerate further our daily vaccination rate, I urged the National Task Force Against Covid-19 to also tap our military reservists,” the chair of the Senate health committee said.

Go expressed his concern that there are challenges in deliveries and rollout of the vaccines due to human resource deficit, making it harder to reach herd immunity soon for the whole nation.

“Mas effective siguro to target herd immunity in critical areas. And this is easier to achieve in NCR Plus if we can push that vaccine rollout be faster than the infection rate,” he suggested.

Go said that maximizing available human resources, including military reservists, will greatly help the government to respond and administer medical and healthcare needs at this time of crisis.

In addition to mobilizing military reservists, Go emphasized the need to establish more vaccination centers in the country to make sure that more Filipinos will get inoculated as soon as supplies come in.

“Umaapila rin ako na magtayo pa ng dagdag na vaccination centers sa kahit saang sulok ng bansa upang mas maraming tao ang mababakunahan kada araw,” he said.

“Kung kailangang gawing 24/7 ang pagbabakuna, gawin natin ito upang maiwasan na may mag-expire o masayang na mga bakuna at para hindi rin magkumpulan ang mga tao doon,” the senator said.

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