President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said poor Filipinos receiving government assistance will be the first to be given a vaccine against COVID-19 when it is available.
He said middle-income citizens will follow, as well as the military and police, whom he called the "backbone" of his administration.
"Ang una talaga 'yung mga tao sa listahan na tumatanggap ng assistance sa gobyerno. Ngayon, pangalawa, 'yung middle income. Libre ito, hindi ko ito ipagbili," Duterte said.
As to richer Filipinos, the President said: "'Yung mga mayaman, 'wag ninyo akong isipin, kasi hindi ako nag-iisip sa inyo... Kayo ang maka-afford."
"'Yung mga upper income, bumili na lang kayo," he said later on in the address.
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III...