PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said that unvaccinated persons caught outside their homes will be escorted back to their homes by the police, unless they are heading to vaccination sites.
He said those who do not want to be inoculated should just stay at home.
According to the president, vaccines should be given to those who are willing to get the shot while those who are not keen on taking jabs would have to stay indoors so they would not catch or pass on the virus in case they have unknowingly caught it.
“Itong ayaw magpabakuna, ibigay na lang kaagad doon sa A3. Doon na sa public kung sinong gusto,” Duterte said.
“Kayong ayaw magpabakuna, sa listahan wala, eh di ayaw nila. Ibigay natin sa iba para makatulong,” he added.
“Walang katapusang tutok kung pagbigyan ko lang kayo. Pag mahina ang loob ko dahil mag iyak-iyak kayo diyan, ay ibang istorya ito,” the president further averred.
“Bayan itong pinag-uusapan natin kaya kung ayaw ninyong makatulong by having the vaccines, eh di huwag na lang kayong lumabas ng bahay.”
The chief executive underscored that it behooves upon the barangay chiefs to make the rounds and see who are vaccinated and who are not.
The President said he can’t wait for a law that will restrict unvaccinated persons from going around and there’s a need for him to act now since public safety is at stake in the midst of the threat from the more infectious mutated variant of the coronavirus.
“Kaya sabihin nating walang batas, eh maghintay pa ba ako sa batas kung marami na naman ang mamamatay? Iyan ang problema,” he argued.
A group of health experts called for a “circuit-breaking” lockdown in the National Capital Region due to the threat posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19, which has wrought havoc in Indonesia, Malaysia, India and other parts of the world.