The president said unvaccinated citizens who violate stay-at- home orders will be arrested.
The president witnessed the arrival of a shipment of Sinovac at the airport. The photo was taken by Ezra Acayan.
The images are from the same company.
In a televised address, the president ordered local leaders to arrest people who leave their houses.
As of Thursday, the Philippines had recorded its highest daily number of infections since September.
The majority of cases in the country are caused by the delta variant, though the Department of Health warned this week that omicron could overtake it in the next three to four weeks.
There were just 29 cases of the highly transmissible omicron variant confirmed by the DOH on Thursday.
There were 2.86 million. The country has a cumulative Covid caseload of 51,604 deaths, making it the second-highest in Southeast Asia.
The key background.
In line with his outrageous style, the 76-year-old President of the Philippines threatened to jail people who refused to be vaccinations. He said he would have them injected with the antiparasitic Ivermectin. He has been criticized for his authoritarian tendencies. He said on Tuesday that he would not apologize for the thousands of deaths that have been caused by the war on drugs. His political future is uncertain because he recently withdrew his bid for senate.
The Philippine government wants to have 77 million of its citizens protected by May. According to the New York Times, that number was 40 million as of last month.
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