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Outbound OFWs now part of top COVID-19 vaccination priority: task force

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<h2>Health workers&#x27; families to join A1 once jabs are available </h2><p>MANILA — The inter-agency task force leading the country&#x27;s COVID-19 response said on Friday it included Filipino workers bound for overseas deployment in the top priority group in the coronavirus vaccination drive. </p><p>The IATF moved to Priority Group A1 the &quot;outbound overseas Filipino workers for deployment within the next four months from the intended date of vaccination,&quot; said task force and Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque. </p><p>Millions of OFWs are breadwinners who regularly send money back home. The remittances serve as lifeline to the Philippine economy. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/27/21/ofw-covid-vaccine-brand-philippines">Gov&#x27;t studying if OFWs can choose COVID-19 vaccine brand: Palace</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/27/21/duterte-funds-quarantine-repatriation-ofw">Duterte approves additional P5 billion for OFW repatriation, quarantine</a></li></ul><p>The A1 priority group was previously limited to the country&#x27;s 1.7 million healthcare workers. </p><p>&quot;Immediate family members&quot; of health workers will be included in A1 &quot;once vaccine supply becomes available,&quot; Roque said in a statement. </p><p>The health department earlier this week said <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/26/21/a1-health-workers-vaccinated-covid">at least 85 percent</a> of medical frontliners have been vaccinated. </p><p>The Philippines has taken delivery of some 8.279 million COVID-19 shots. Authorities have administered at least 4.495 million of these doses nationwide, as of May 25. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/25/21/preferred-vaccine-brands-sinovac-pfizer-filipinos-philippines-sws-survey">Sinovac, Pfizer lead preferred list of COVID-19 vaccines: SWS</a></li>	<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><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1694631" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Friday it included Filipino workers bound for overseas deployment in the top priority group in the coronavirus vaccination drive. </p>

The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Friday it included Filipino workers bound for overseas deployment in the top priority group in the coronavirus vaccination drive.

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Outbound OFWs now part of top COVID-19 vaccination priority: task force

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 28, 2021 11:45 AM PHT

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Updated May 28, 2021 12:45 PM PHT

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