Inclusion of education personnel in vax priority list hailed

Manila, April 16 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday welcomed the inclusion of teaching and non-teaching personnel in public and private schools in the vaccine priority list.

"The Department of Education would like to thank President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) for approving the appeal of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones to finally include basic education front-liners in the A4 priority category of the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan," the statement read.

The agency said vaccination is a "key component of any roadmap to the resumption of face-to-face classes."

"With the adjustment of vaccine prioritization (from B1 to A4) for basic education front-liners, we can speed up the rollout o...