Major Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson, said it is part of their duty to be vaccinated against COVID-19 since soldiers are considered as frontliners who come face-to-face with different people everyday. He said vaccination is a means to prevent soldiers from becoming carriers of the virus.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, AFP Chief of Staff, has instructed the 120,000-strong AFP personnel all over the country to have themselves inoculated using CoronaVac, which was made by Chinese pharmaceutical firm, Sinovac Biotech Ltd. The Sinovac jabs are considered the first batch of vaccines to be delivered to the country since the COVID-19 lockdowns were announced by President Duterte in March 2020.
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