The Department of Education on Thursday urged its personnel who are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination under higher priority groups to get inoculated in their respective localities.
Last week, the government moved education workers up its vaccination priority list to A4 from the B1 cluster.
"If they fit the criteria for higher Priority Groups , they need not to wait for rollout for the later priority groups," the memorandum read. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said the vaccination of teachers would "play a huge role in our bid for our learners’ return to school."
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