COVID-19 vaccines eyed for Boracay tourist workers

Published March 10, 2021, 12:58 PM
ILOILO CITY—As vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rolled out, officials are also eyeing free vaccines for workers at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province.
Tourists and locals enjoy the white-sand beach of Boracay Island as travel restrictions have been eased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin)
Malay Mayor Frolibar Bautista told Manila Bulletin there was a request for 40,000 doses of vaccines intended for workers of the country’s most famous beach destination.
Bautista explained that it was Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores who earlier made the request to Secretary Carlito Galvez, the chief implementer of the national government’s program against COVID-19.

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