The government aims to start vaccinating the general public in August, when the country is expected to have received a substantial number of vaccines, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chairman of the National Task Force Against Covid-19.

Galvez, during a Palace briefing on Wednesday night, said the government would start inoculating those belonging to the A4 (frontline personnel in essential sectors) and A5 priority group (indigent population) in June.

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