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Robredo urges gov't: Give incentives to beef up COVID-19 vaccination

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Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Vice President Leni Robredo. ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/07/13/20210216-robredo-leni-election-results-pet-ovp-20247.jpg"/><figcaption>Vice President Leni Robredo. ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATE) — Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday urged the national government to use incentives to encourage the unvaccinated to get COVID-19 jabs instead of threatening to arrest them.&quot;Kailangan nagbibigay tayo ng mga incentive para magpabakuna,&quot; Robredo said in her weekly radio program.(We should be giving incentives so people would get vaccinated.)Robredo made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered barangay officials to &quot;restrain&quot; and &quot;arrest&quot; unvaccinated individuals who refuse &quot;to stay put.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/08/22/dilg-arresting-unvaxxed-individuals-only-last-resort">DILG: Arresting unvaccinated vs COVID-19 &#x27;last resort&#x27; after Duterte order</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/06/22/duterte-orders-restrain-arrest-unvaxxed-people-who-roam-around">Duterte orders: &#x27;Restrain, arrest&#x27; unvaccinated people who refuse to &#x27;stay put&#x27;</a></li></ul>Officials in Metro Manila and Calabarzon have disallowed the unvaccinated from leaving their homes except when buying essential goods.The Department of the Interior and Local Government has clarified that arresting the unvaccinated would only be used as a last resort.Robredo said the use of incentives has been successful in her office&#x27;s vaccination efforts, recounting how they were able to convince skeptic Aetas in Tarlac to get inoculated against the respiratory illness.&quot;Kailangan lang pinag-iisipan, hindi &#x27;yong punitive kaagad,&quot; said Robredo, who is eyeing the presidency in this year&#x27;s elections.(We need to think about how to convince people. We shouldn&#x27;t be immediately punitive.)As of Jan. 6, the government has administered nearly 112 million COVID-19 vaccines, of which 57.4 million are first doses.Some 51.6 million have received their second dose or a single-dose vaccine, while 2.8 million have gotten their booster shots.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/infographic/03/23/21/philippines-covid-19-vaccine-tracker">Philippines: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker</a></li></ul>Robredo added that the government should update its contact tracing efforts as the country continued to deal with a resurgence in virus infections believed to be driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.&quot;Kung umpisa magulo [ang] contact tracing, understandable. Pero two years na tayo, parang walang excuse na &#x27;di maayos until now,&quot; she said.(If in the beginning, our contact tracing was messy, it was understandable. But we&#x27;ve been at this for two years now. There&#x27;s no excuse for us to not have an organized system until now.)<div>Staff gets COVID-19</div>Robredo said her office was not spared by the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, though she did not say how many of her staff got the disease.&quot;Sa opisina namin maraming tinamaan... pilay kami,&quot; she said.(In our office, a lot of people were hit by the virus... our operations are crippled.)Despite being shortstaffed, the Office of the Vice President continues to provide assistance to survivors of Typhoon Odette with the help of volunteers, Robredo said.Meanwhile, the Mandaluyong headquarters of presidential and vice-presidential aspirants Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; and Sara Duterte, respectively, will remain closed for another week after staff members and volunteers tested positive for COVID-19.In a statement, the camp of the tandem said 68 staff members have been infected with the virus, including Marcos&#x27; spokesman Vic Rodriguez.But the tandem&#x27;s camp will implement a &quot;skeletal workforce&quot; setup so it could continue to provide relief for Odette survivors.

Robredo on Sunday urged the national government to use incentives to encourage the unvaccinated to get COVID-19 jabs instead of threatening to arrest them.

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Robredo urges gov't: Give incentives to beef up COVID-19 vaccination

Jasmin Romero,

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Published Jan 09, 2022 03:58 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 09, 2022 05:50 PM PHT

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