Published May 1, 2021, 2:10 PM The national government inoculated 5,000 minimum wage earners and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a tribute to the workers sector on the observance of Labor Day ,Saturday, May 1.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the vaccinated workers belong to the priority group A4 or frontline workers in essential services which include commuter transport, wet and dry markets, food service, news media, education, specific government agencies, and overseas workers among others.
“Today is Labor Day that’s why we made sure that we vaccinate 3,000 OFWs and 2,000 workers. I thank Secretary [Carlito] Galvez [Jr.], [Health] Secretary [Francisco] Duque [III], and Secretary [Vince] Dizon because they gave us the vaccines,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in Filipino during the symbolic inoculation program held at the Palacio de Maynila along Roxas Boulevard in Manila.