MANILA, Philippines — Instead of worrying about contracting COVID-19, healthcare workers should consider getting inoculated against the disease, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan urged healthcare workers to still consider getting inoculated with Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine, saying they should focus on published data and advice from experts. Tan, a doctor by profession and the first lawmaker to get inoculated with Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine , said that getting vaccinated will help ease worries of healthcare workers. "Ako din personally, ine-encourage ko rin naman yung ating mga healthcare workers na instead na parang laging nagwo-worry sila na everyday papasok ng opisina o sa trabaho na wala man lamang kahit isang protection—although we use yung mga PPEs (personal protective equipment)—but at least yung panlaban sa katawan meron," Tan said during the Ugnayan sa Batasan press briefing. (I personally encourage our healthcare workers that instead of worrying about going to work everyday without protection—although we use PPEs—at least we can have protection through the vaccine.) "Now na may available na [vaccine na] ibinibigay, baka pwedeng ma-consider nila," she added. (Now that there is an available vaccine, hopefully they can consider it.) Tan said healthcare workers should focus on published data and pronouncements… Read full this story
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