IATF approves vaccine priority group A4

(Contributed via Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo)
(Contributed via Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo)

(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:

  1. Commuter transport (land, air, and sea), including logistics;
  2. Public and private wet and dry market vendors, groceries, supermarkets and delivery services;
  3. Manufacturing for food, beverage, medical and pharmaceutical products;
  4. Food retail, including food service delivery;
  5. Private and government financial services;
  6. Hotels and accommodation establishments;
  7. Priests, rabbis, imams, and other religious leaders;
  8. Security personnel assigned in offices, agencies and organizations identified in the list of priority industries/sectors;
  9. Private and government news media;
  10. Customer-facing personnel of telecoms, cable and internet service providers, electricity distribution and water distribution utilities;
  11. Basic education and higher education institutions and agencies;
  12. Overseas Filipino workers, including those scheduled for deployment within two months;
  13. Law/justice, security, and social protection sectors;
  14. Government transport system, quarantine inspection, worker safety inspection and other Covid-19 response activities;
  15. Tax collection, assessment of businesses for incentives, election, national ID and data collection;
  16. Diplomatic community and consular operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); and
  17. Department of Public Works and Highways personnel in charge of monitoring government infrastructure projects.
(Marites Villamor-Ilano with HDT / SunStar Philippines)

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