Senators urge mass vaccination programs to stimulate economy
“Mass inoculation is the cure to mass unemployment,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said in a statement.
Senators are now urging the government for a quicker rollout of its vaccination drives to boost economic growth and employment. Recto said that vaccination efforts should be spurred before the start of the rainy season “when typhoons and floods and the power and transportation disruption they cause can wreak havoc on vaccine rollouts.”
Senator Joel Villanueva added that the economic recovery and job restorations are “hinged on the immediate rollout of the vaccination program.”
Further, Senator Risa Hontiveros called for a “safety first” approach to reopening the economy. “Instead of relying on people to confidently rush in to consume and invest when the economy is reopened, we need to ensure ‘safety first’ and support ‘low-contact high potential sectors’ to get us out of this pit,” she added.
