By Billy Begas
Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco on Monday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to prioritize the National Capital Region (NCR) plus and other urban centers with high concentration of coronavirus cases in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Velasco said the prioritization of these areas should come after all the 1.7 million health care workers have been vaccinated.
He said it would be prudent at this point to concentrate inoculation efforts toward areas where the health systems are vulnerable.
“Our efforts should be strategic as we wait for the time until our vaccine supplies become stable,” Velasco said.
Aside from the NCR Plus, Velasco said Mega Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and other regional centers should also be prioritized.
NCR Plus is composed of the cities and a municipality in Metro Manila, and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal.
The vaccines that are already in the country are expected to reach 10 million doses by June.
The country now tallied over a million verified cases of COVID-19.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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