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DOH: COVID-19 vaccination of permanent residents OK under IATF rules

DOH: COVID-19 vaccination of permanent residents OK under IATF rules

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated May 29, 2021 09:54 PM PHT

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George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA (UPDATE) —The health department on Saturday said several Chinese citizens vaccinated for COVID-19 in Pasay City are "permanent residents" there, making them eligible for the government's inoculation program.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that foreigners living permanently in the country could be vaccinated under the guidelines of the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response.

"Nung ating nakapanayam ang ating officials from this local government, sila naman po ang nakapagsaad na itong mga binakunahan are permanent residents, although they are foreign national but they have permanent residency here in the country," Vergeire said in a public briefing.

(When we interviewed the local officials, they said that these people who got vaccinated are permanent residents)

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'"Yan naman po ay naisaad na sa isang IATF resolution na sinasabi na kung ikaw ay permanent resident dito, bagamat ikaw ay foreigner, you will not be treated differently from among Filipino nationals," she added.

(That is stated in an IATF resolution, which states that if you are a permanent resident here, even if you are a foreigner, you will not be treated differently from Filipinos)

She added that this move is to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among other nationalities in the Philippines.

"Ibig sabihin dito ka nakatira, kailangan bakunahan ka namin kasi ikaw ay makakasalimuha rin ng mga Pilipino. So ito pong nangyari dito sa Pasay noong isang araw ay nabigyan na po natin ng clarity na ayon sa protocols ng ating gobyerno," she said.

(If you are living here you need to be vaccinated because you also interact with Filipinos. We already clarified the matter regarding the incident.)

The health agency said such is also allowed based on DOH's department memorandum No. 2021-0157 dated Mar. 30, 2021.

"It is further clarified that all Filipinos including overseas Filipino workers, and other groups with legal residency status in the Philippines (i.e. foreign nationals, diplomats) shall be included in the priority group appropriate to their circumstance," it read, noting that this could be enforced as long as vaccines are locally available.

Vergeire signed the document.

The Pasay City local government earlier said that the Chinese nationals were inoculated as they were either senior citizens or persons with comorbidities, among the priority sectors of the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program.

Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has said the foreigners went through the regular vaccination process and were not given special treatment in inoculation sites.

"They submitted their barangay certificates and medical certificates indicating that they were residents of the city and they belonged to either the A2 or A3 groups," Rubiano said.

The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response has not come up with protocols for the vaccination of expatriates in the Philippines.

Due to the limited COVID-19 vaccine supplies in the country, the government is following a priority list, which includes the elderly, health-care workers, and people with comorbidities, among others.

As of May 20, the Philippines has received 8.27 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinovac and Gamaleya. Of these jabs, 7.76 million doses have been administered to the public.

Over 1 million Filipinos have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of May 25.

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Nawawalang lalaki sa Caloocan, natagpuan ang binti sa cooler

Nawawalang lalaki sa Caloocan, natagpuan ang binti sa cooler

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

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MAYNILA — Naaagnas na ang bangkay ng isang 37-anyos na service crew nang matagpuan noong Biyernes ng hapon sa bahay ng isang tattoo artist sa Barangay 176, Bagong Silang, Caloocan.

Karumaldumal ang sinapit nito dahil chinop-chop pa ang ilang parte ng katawan. Ang binti ng biktima, nilagay sa ice cooler habang nakabalot naman ang bahagi ng katawan sa kutson.

Ayon kay Police Captain Nelson Dizon, Assistant Chief, Investigation and Detective Management Section ng North Caloocan Police, nagtamo pa ng laslas sa leeg at stab wounds ang lalaki sa kanyang likuran.

“Positibo po itong nakilala ng mga kapatid ng biktima kasi, prior the incident ay hinahanap na nila itong biktima. So February 8 pa kasi last na ito ng bahay February 18 ng madaling araw, meron daw siyang imi-meet-up na tao,” pahayag ni PCapt. Dizon.

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“Sa ngayon po, yun ‘yung iniimbestigahan natin, kung magkaano-ano ang biktima at suspect… ang tinitignan naming anggulo, kung merong relationship or what dahil ang biktima natin ay isang… member ng LGBTQ,” dagdag niya.

Aniya, wala pang natatagpuang kasangkapan na posibleng ginamit sa pananakit sa biktima.

Patuloy ang imbestigasyon ng mga awtoridad para matukoy ang motibo at matunton ang person of interest.

“Di po dapat tayo magtiwala doon sa tao na di natin kakilala… at see to it na kung meron tayong pupuntahan, ipaalam nang maayos kung saan tayo pupunta. Nang sa ganon ay madali tayong mahanap kung sakaling kinakailangan ng assistance natin,” paalala ni PCapt. Dizon.


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