ISINAPUBLIKO ng Malakanyang ang priority population groups para sa inihahandang pagbabakuna laban sa COVID-19 ngayong buwan.

In-adopt ng Interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (iNITAG) ang mga sumusunod na priority population groups para sa gagawing pagbabakuna.

Ito ay ang mga sumusunod:

A1: Frontline workers sa health facilities ng national and local, private and public, health professionals and non-professionals like students, nursing aides, janitors, barangay health workers, etc.

A2: Senior citizens aged 60 years old and above

A3: Persons with comorbidities not otherwise included in the preceding categories

A4: Frontline personnel in essential sectors including uniformed personnel and those in working sectors na tinukoy ng IATF bilang essential during ECQ

A5: Indigent population not otherwise included in the preceding categories

B1: Teachers, Social Workers

B2: Other Government Workers

B3: Other essential workers

B4: Socio-demographic groups at significantly higher risk other than senior citizens and indigenous people

B5: Overseas Filipino Workers

B6: Other Remaining Workforce

C: Rest of the Filipino population not otherwise included in the above groups

Binigyang-diin ng iNITAG na ang anomang tiyak na inclusion at exclusion criteria ng bawat bakuna, na makikita sa kani-kanilang Emergency Use Authorization of the Food and Drug Administration, o rekomendasyon mula sa Health Technology Assessment Council ay kailangan ikonsidera. (CHRISTIAN DALE)