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The Philippines Seeks to Trade Nurses for Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine

The Philippines Seeks to Trade Nurses for Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine The Philippines needs doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, so much so that the country has just offered to send thousands of healthcare workers, mostly nurses, overseas to work in Britain and Germany in exchange for doses of the drug. With over 70 million adults, the Philippines has yet to start its vaccination program. The country is hoping to get the ball rolling by having nurses get vaccinated in Europe before returning home, but it’s not clear if either the U.K. or Germany will take up the offer.

Philippines to probe use of illegal Covid-19 vaccines

0 Engagements MANILA The Philippine Health Ministry said yesterday it will investigate the illegal use of unauthorised Covid-19 vaccines, after a presidential adviser admitted to receiving shots of a Sinopharm vaccine smuggled into the country. Mr Ramon Tulfo, a radio and television host and special envoy to China, revealed in his newspaper column and again in an interview with One News that he received a dose in October from a batch that was also used by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte s security detail. I got hold of vaccines from a friend who smuggled it into the country, he told One News. News last month of Mr Duterte s bodyguard unit taking the vaccine, which it said was without his knowledge, prompted criticism from lawmakers about privileged access and flouting of laws.

Senior Filipino cabinet official flayed for plan to swap nurses for more vaccines

Senior Filipino cabinet official flayed for plan to swap nurses for more vaccines 25 Feb 2021 Manolo B. Jara, Correspondent A senior cabinet official on Wednesday came under heavy fire for his proposal to secure more coronavirus vaccines from Germany and the United Kingdom in exchange for their exemption from an order limiting the foreign deployment of Filipino frontline medical workers especially nurses. Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives gave Secretary Silvestre Bello of the Department of Labour and Employment a severe verbal drubbing following revelations that he already talked with the UK ambassador to the Philippines on the issue.

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