(UPDATED) The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved Priority Group A4 of the national deployment and vaccination plan to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
In a resolution approved on Thursday, April 15, 2021, the frontline workers in the following sectors are included in Group A4, in order:
- Commuter transport (land, air, and sea), including logistics;
- Public and private wet and dry market vendors, groceries, supermarkets and delivery services;
- Manufacturing for food, beverage, medical and pharmaceutical products;
- Food retail, including food service delivery;
- Private and government financial services;
- Hotels and accommodation establishments;
- Priests, rabbis, imams, and other religious leaders;
- Security personnel assigned in offices, agencies and organizations identified in the list of priority industries/sectors;
- Private and government news media;
- Customer-facing personnel of telecoms, cable and internet service providers, electricity distribution and water distribution utilities;
- Basic education and higher education institutions and agencies;
- Overseas Filipino workers, including those scheduled for deployment within two months;
- Law/justice, security, and social protection sectors;
- Government transport system, quarantine inspection, worker safety inspection and other Covid-19 response activities;
- Tax collection, assessment of businesses for incentives, election, national ID and data collection;
- Diplomatic community and consular operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); and
- Department of Public Works and Highways personnel in charge of monitoring government infrastructure projects.
(Marites Villamor-Ilano with HDT / SunStar Philippines)