All Filipinos must receive the safe and effective coronavirus vaccine "without exception" under the national vaccination roadmap approved by President Duterte, Malacañang said Monday.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, however, said the country’s poor, frontliners, soldiers, cops, and other servicemen would be given priority in the vaccination program of the government.

The seven-point COVID-19 immunization program presented by vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was approved by the President during a meeting last Thursday.

The stages of the roadmap are vaccine selection; access and acquisition; procurement through bilateral, multilateral, and other financial modes; shipment and storage; distribution and deployment; nationwide vaccination; and evaluation and monitoring.

"Pumunta naman po tayo sa kung sino ang uunahing makatanggap ng bakuna. Ito po iyong prioritization of vaccine sang-ayon na rin sa ating Presidente: Unang-una, mauuna po iyong mga mahihirap at indigents. Ito po iyong nasa listahan natin ng 4Ps (Let's go to who will be the first to receive the vaccines. Under the vaccine prioritization according to the President, the poor and indigents will be the first. Those who are included in the 4Ps),” Roque said during a televised press briefing.

"Pangalawa, ang frontliners, ang health care workers, ang mga sundalo, kapulisan at iyong mga essential services. Pangatlo, lahat ng Pilipino ay makakatanggap ng bakuna without exception (Second, the frontliners, health care workers, soldiers, policemen, and those in essential services. Third, all Filipinos will receive the vaccine without exception)," he said.

Under the roadmap, the government hopes the plans on vaccine selection as well as access and acquisition stages would be completed from November to December 2020. Roque said the safety and efficacy will be crucial considerations in the selection of the potential COVID vaccine. It will also be decided if a single or two doses will be needed.

On how to gain access to the vaccine, Roque said the government has many options such as the COVAX with eight leading vaccine manufacturers, a government-to-government arrangement, and bilateral deals with the vaccine company.

At present, he said, the government's priorities for possible bilateral deals involve China, Russia, United States, Japan, South Korea, India, Israel, Singapore, Germany, and other ASEAN countries.

Roque said there could also be a tripartite agreement between government-private sector and the private company. Other multilateral modes are possible pooled purchase by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and pooled purchase arranged by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and others.

On the vaccine deployment, Roque said the Department of Health will handle the policy, standards, and strategy development for immunization. The tasks of the Health department include the cold chain transportation and other logistics, storage, and post-surveillance and monitoring.

"The availability of the vaccine will be a game-changer, where we go from avoidance to actively minimizing the threat of the infection," Roque said.