Philippines to allow its nurses to go to UK and Germany in exchange for vaccines
Nurses are among the millions of Filipinos who work overseas, providing in excess of $30bn a year in remittances vital to the country's economy
23 February 2021 - 15:25
Manila — The Philippines will let thousands of its healthcare workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate much-needed coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The Philippines, which has among Asia's highest number of coronavirus cases, has relaxed a ban on deploying its healthcare workers overseas, but still limits the number of medical professionals leaving the country to 5,000 a year...
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