Manila, Jan. 16 -- As the Senate resumed deliberation on the national government's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program on Friday, Senator Richard Gordon proposed to train more Filipinos to administer vaccines as the Philippines looks to start rolling out its immunization plan in February.
"I will file a bill on Monday that during times of emergency or even there is no crisis, dapat mag-train ng (we need to train) vaccinators gaya ng mga dentist (like dentists), veterinarians, medical technologists, at kahit iyong walang medical background (and those even without medical background). We can put to bear millions of our young people who may want to become doctors someday and can practice with bakuna (vaccination), provided it's...