Some celebrities have flown abroad in order to get a jab of the coronavirus vaccines Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
This after the Philippines, with limited vaccine supply, has created a priority list, prioritizing first the health professionals, seniors, government officials, and persons with comorbidities.
But the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine in the Philippines has once again changed the priority group as local chief executives and politicians were moved to the priority list from being listed as B2 to being A1.5. This puts government officials first than senior citizens.
In the meantime, other countries created an online system for individuals to register, with no specification of who gets it first, regarding their respective vaccination programs.
For example, tourists traveled to Miami Beach, Florida to get a free, single-dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Moreover, there was no proof of residence required. The pop-up booth of Johnson & Johnson inoculated 175 people that Sunday, May 10.
As a result, celebrity vlogger Wil Dasovich, who flew to his hometown in California, documented his entire Covid-19 inoculation experience. In his Instagram post and vlog on April 14, Dasovich shared how he scheduled an appointment for his Moderna vaccine shot.
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But as early as April 8, Alice Dixson got her first Pfizer shot in Canada. She shared on her Instagram the news of her being vaccinated abroad, with plans to receive her second shot in the Philippines.
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Actress Yam Concepcion who flew to New York got inoculated on May 9 with Moderna while seeing her longtime boyfriend, Miguel. Concepcion went to NY to take a break from a locked-in taping for the drama “Init sa Magdamag.”
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Sharon Cuneta on May 18, received her first Moderna vaccine in the US as well. She recorded her inoculation and was administered by a Filipina nurse.
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But with the Philippines ordering a large quantity of Pfizer doses, celebrities may not have to travel abroad anymore. On Tuesday, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said that the country is expecting to receive 20 to 40 million doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer Inc.
Galvez also disclosed that the Philippines is set to receive 194, 000 doses of Moderna vaccine made by Moderna Inc.
