DOT: Over 70% of NCR tourism frontliners vaccinated vs. COVID-19

More than 70% of the tourism frontliners in the National Capital Region have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat announced Tuesday.

In a statement, Puyat said 19,315 out of 26,745 frontliners working in DOT-accredited quarantine and isolation facilities, multiple-use hotels, and staycation hotels, under the A1 and A4 groups have been vaccinated.

Of this, 15,020 are tourism frontliners in the A1 group and 4,295 frontliners in the A4 group.

“The vaccination of our tourism workers is a necessary step to keep them protected while doing their duty in the frontlines. These figures are of high importance especially with the threat of the Delta variant," Puyat said.

"We are confident that we will be able to vaccinate 100% of tourism workers from DOT-accredited accommodation establishments from Metro Manila before the end of the ECQ period," she added.

In May, Puyat announced that frontliners in quarantine and isolation facilities have been placed on the A1 priority list in the government’s vaccination program. —Joahna Lei Casilao/KBK, GMA News