MANILA - Roughly one out of three of the Philippines' 27 million students - some 5 million of whom are set to return to in-person classes on Monday - have yet to receive a single shot of vaccines against the Covid-19 virus, the Education Ministry has reported.
Some 5.6 million primary, secondary and college students are set to return to in-person classes for the first time on Monday,The country's students have had to endure one of the world's longest pandemic-induced closures due to poor vaccination rates and the perennial classroom shortage problem. Mr Poa said schools"will not discriminate" against students or teachers who have yet to be vaccinated.
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