Bong Go challenges Duque, Galvez on getting COVID-19 vaccine: You two go first

Senator Bong Go on Saturday challenged vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to be the first ones to volunteer for the injection of a "safe" COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available in the country.

"I’m challenging Secretary Galvez, once available na po 'yung safe na vaccine, ipapakita niya, along with Secretary Duque, sila po ang unang magpapaturok ng vaccine to encourage naman po," Go, also the Senate Committee on Health chair, said at the Laging Handa public briefing.

Go made the statement as he said the poor and the vulnerable should be prioritized in the access and availability of COVID-19 vaccines.

He said he observed that many Filipinos are still hesitant to have themselves vaccinated.

"Dapat unahin ang poor, vulnerable, frontliners of course, sila ang nangunguna sa labang ito, mga sundalo, mga guro natin, mga senior citizens po na talagang vulnerable at especially po 'yung mga indigent Filipino people," Go said.

"Dapat po'y maging libre po ito sa mga mahihirap," he added. -MDM, GMA News