'More jabs in provinces to stop Covid-19 surge'

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

May 26, 2021 12:34 am

SENATE Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has sought increased vaccine allocations to provinces amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Northern Mindanao.

'I think the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) [should] now [be] focusing on the regions or it might be too late. I don't want us to experience what India is experiencing right now,' Zubiri said on Tuesday.

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