Hong Kong on Tuesday withdrew its controversial plan to make the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory for domestic workers. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday...
The Philippine Consulate on Tuesday thanked the Hong Kong government for its "understanding" and in ordering a review of the mandatory vaccination of all foreign domestic helpers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE "We thank Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Hong...
The Philippines has welcomed Hong Kong's decision to halt and review an earlier decision to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory for foreign domestic workers. image3 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier announced that concerned authorities would reexamine the vaccine requirement for...
There is “no other solution” to the COVID-19 pandemic but the vaccines, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion said on Tuesday, May 4, adding that the business community might be pushed to support Congress on making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in the country....
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) says it is closely monitoring the situation in Hong Kong following its government's decision to make coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations mandatory among the hundreds of thousands of foreign workers there. Hong Kong (Photo by Elton Yung/...
Malacañang asked the government of Hong Kong to not single out overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in its plan to make the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
Requiring workers to get a coronavirus vaccine could be a possibility in case of a low turnout in the immunization drive, according to a government adviser. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has appealed, however, to the...
The proposed mandatory vaccination of Filipinos against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can be studied only when the country has received the bulk of supplies of the preventive drug, according to a Palace official. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Meantime, the government is not inclined to require...