Inaprubahan ng Inter-Agency Task Force ang hirit ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) na gamitin ang 5,000 doses ng COVID-19 vaccine para sa symbolic inoculation ceremony para sa minimum workers at overseas Filipino workers sa ilalim ng priority group A4 sa Mayo 1.
Ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, inaatasan ang DOLE na gumawa ng masterlist para sa patas na representation mula sa labor sector.
“The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, approved the request of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for 5,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be used during the symbolic inoculation ceremony of minimum wage workers and overseas Filipino workers under Priority Group A4 on May 1, 2021,” pahayag ni Roque.
Kasabay nito, isinama na rin ng IATF sa priority grouo A4 bilang frontliners ang mga nagtatrabaho sa Kongreso.
“The IATF likewise considered frontliners of the Congress of the Philippines to be placed under Priority Group A4 of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan in recognition of their critical and dispensable role in our fight against the coronavirus pandemic,” pahayag ni Roque.