Palace hopes Hong Kong won't single out OFWs in requiring vaccination

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The Hong Kong government is studying a plan to require COVID-19 vaccination for all its domestic workers, a big chunk of whom are Filipinos.

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Malacañang backed Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr's call for Hong Kong to apply a possible COVID-19 vaccination requirement, not just to domestic workers, but to all similarly-situated foreigners.

This comes a day after Locsin tweeted that the plan, now being studied by the Hong Kong government,"smacks of discrimination" since vaccination would only be required of domestic helpers.

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