Unlike Philippines, Singapore prioritizes healthcare workers in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By Elyjah Rosales
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As the Philippines started vaccination not following their
“priority list,” neighbor country Singapore began their Pfizer-BioNTech prompt
today on healthcare workers first.
The 46-year-old nurse served as the first-ever recipient of
such in the whole Asia following their country’s quick response.
"I feel very grateful and thankful for being the first to
be vaccinated in Singapore," told National Center for Infectious Diseases
senior staff nurse Sarah Lim.
The country also seeks to acquire enough doses for its 5.7
million people during the third quarter of 2021.
It is remembered that Singapore is also the first country to
approve Pfizer among all testing sites.
Meanwhile, Filipino "priority" frontliners and
senior citizens have to lash out the officials before explaining why the
"list" turned "jumbled."
“Dapat lang na priority ang mga health workers at mga nurses
kasi kami ang naka-expose sa matinding risk, nakataya ‘yung buhay namin, kami
ang nakaharap sa mga pasyente 24/7,” Filipino Nurses United's Jocelyn Andamo
stated.
A senior shared the same sentiment while also calling onto
their need especially as they are "madaling kapitan."
These came after President Rodrigo Duterte confessed the
military's early-mmunization on the Presidential Security Group (PSG) and some
soldier.
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