Iris Gonzales delves into some of the reasons why the vaccine rollout in her country is encountering drag.
Jomel Sarmiento can’t wait to be vaccinated against Covid-19. But the 25-year-old, who runs a mobile-phone and watch repair shop, has no illusions. He is in the lowest-priority group – ‘other workers’ – and thinks he could be waiting until the second half of 2022 before he gets a shot.
‘I am not an essential worker, so I just have to wait,’ he says.
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