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According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), nearly 32 million workers in the United States have received coronavirus illness vaccinations (Covid-19).

DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III claimed that 32.3 million employees had received their first or second doses of the vaccine. This figure includes roughly 70% to 80% of all workers in the formal and informal sectors.

“Based on our talks with a number of partner private sector firms, roughly 90 to 95 percent of people have already been vaccinated at the company level,” he stated in a virtual conference.

The Department of Labor’s chief also advised that the government cover the cost of Covid-19 tests for workers who have not yet been immunized.

“With the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) requiring those who have not been vaccinated to get an RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test before reporting to work,” Bello said, “I have recommended to the President that the government bear the cost.”

According to him, achieving such a suggestion would necessitate a massive budget of at least PHP1 billion.

“It would cost the government roughly PHP2-3 billion for every 1 million unvaccinated workers (assuming the cost is around PHP2,000 to PHP3,000),” Bello noted.

The IATF-EID has already adopted a resolution mandating worksite personnel to be vaccinated.

Unvaccinated personnel must undergo RT-PCR testing at least once every two weeks in order to return to work. The testing will be paid for by the worker.

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