ANDANAR JOINS CALL TO SET ASIDE POLITICS, FOCUS ON COVID-19 VACCINE ROLL OUT PREPARATION Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday called on political leaders and the public to refrain from painting malicious political influences on the government’s COVID-19 response.
He cited that encouraging 70% of the Filipino population to get vaccinated should be the priority to attain herd immunity, and for the country to be able to get back to having a strong economy.
“An economy can only be strong if you He instead enjoined them to help in uplifting have a healthy population, a healthy the lives of Filipinos, while the country workforce. [Only] then can we go back to continues to take action on curbing the our vision of having a comfortable life for spread of the virus and awaiting the roll out every Filipino,” he said. of the vaccine. While waiting for the vaccine, the PCOO “Dili man gud maayo nga istoryahan ning chief stressed the need to address the politika karun. Ang istoryahan ug i-focus current 47% vaccine hesitancy among nato ang vaccination campaign [It’s not Filipinos through intensified information drive good to talk about politics right now. The on its safety and efficacy. focus of our discussions should be on the vaccination campaign],” he said. Secretary Andanar emphasized the need Caraga INFOCUS
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