5,000 minimum wage earners, OFWs under A4 to be COVID-19 vaccinated on Labor Day

Five thousand minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers under priority group A4 will be given COVID-19 vaccine doses on May 1, Labor Day, Malacañang said Tuesday.

In a statement, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Tuesday approved the request of the Department of Labor and Employment for 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to be used during a symbolic inoculation ceremony of minimum wage workers and OFWs on May 1.

Roque said DOLE had been directed to create a master list to ensure the equitable representation of the labor sector during the ceremony.

He added that the IATF likewise considered frontliners of the Congress to be part of the A4 priority group in the national vaccination rollout in recognition of their "critical and dispensable role" in the country's fight against COVID-19.

Earlier, the IATF approved the list of sectors included in priority group A4 of the government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan.

Roque said the list included people in the sectors and industries of transportation, markets, manufacturing, government services, hotels, education, and media, among others.

Church leaders and officials, security personnel in priority industries and sectors, personnel of telecoms, cable, internet providers, electricity distribution, and water distribution utilities are also included.

Also included in this priority group are workers in law, justice, security, protection sectors, and OFWs, including those scheduled for deployment within two months. — DVM, GMA News