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Advertisement Manila: The message in late December wasn t meant for Jesse, a newcomer working at an offshore gambling operator in the Philippines. But her eyes fell on a group chat on her colleague s unattended phone, detailing plans to administer coronavirus vaccines this month to her Chinese co-workers. Her colleague had sent their peers a reminder to make sure when they get vaccinated, they have to wear long sleeves [.] to cover the cotton after the injection, said Jesse, a Filipino who chose to go by her nickname for fear of reprisal. And you re not supposed to say anything to other employees. ....
By REGINE CABATO | The Washington Post | Published: January 16, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. MANILA, Philippines The message in late December wasn t meant for Jesse, a newcomer working at an offshore gambling operator in the Philippines. But her eyes fell on a group chat on her colleague s unattended phone, detailing plans to administer coronavirus vaccines this month to her Chinese co-workers. Her colleague had sent their peers a reminder to make sure when they get vaccinated, they have to wear long sleeves . . . to cover the cotton after the injection, said Jesse, a Filipino who chose to go by her nickname for fear of reprisal. And you re not supposed to say anything to other employees. ....
January 13, 2021 Foreigners who received unregistered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines should be punished and sent home to their respective countries. This is the call of Sen. Richard Gordon, Wednesday, after it was reported that 100,000 Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) workers – mostly Chinese – had been vaccinated without authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “There’s a law. They’re foreigners, they come in here, they should [be vaccinated] within what the law requires and if they don’t do that, they’re in violation and they can be deported,” Gordon said in an ANC interview. “And if there’s success, [in the vaccine], I don’t care, they violated the law. As simple as that.” ....