Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday night, July 12, that all uniformed personnel specifically the personnel from the the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be fully- vaccinated by next August this year.
Año issued the statement after getting assurance from vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez that uniformed personnel will be prioritized.
At present, Año disclosed that 50,567 PNP personnel got their first vaccine dose while 15,423 are fully vaccinated.
For BFP, a total of 13,613 received their first while 6,853 are fully-vaccinated. For BJMP, a total of 11,378 personnel were injected with the initial dose and 8,486 had completed the second jab.