SENATOR Christopher ‘Bong’ Go on Monday sought the inclusion of frontliners of the Professional Regulation Commission, including proctors and watchers in board exams, in the A4 priority group for Covid19 vaccination.

“Maituturing dapat na essential workers ang mga miyembro ng PRC na nagsasagawa ng mga professional board exams. Kung protektado sila dahil sa bakuna, mas makapagtatrabaho sila nang maayos para hindi maantala ang mga kailangan ng ating mga kababayan para sa kanilang mga propesyon,” Go pointed out.

The senator said that he discussed the PRC’s concerns on the conduct of upcoming board exams amid community quarantine restrictions with Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.

“Limitado po ang galaw natin ngayon upang mapigilan ang lalong pagkalat ng Covid19. Ngunit kailangan din nating ikonsidera ang mga pangangailangan sa propesyon ng ating mga kababayan na maaaring mawalan ng kabuhayan kung patuloy na maaantala ang mga operasyon ng PRC,” Go said.

“Palagi po nating binabalanse lahat. Habang pinoprotektahan natin ang buhay ng bawat Filipino, pinoproteksiyunan din natin ang kanilang kapakanan at kabuhayan,” he added.

Last March, 52 Covid19 cases were confirmed in the PRC central and regional offices. A member of the Board of Medical Technology succumbed to the disease.

This prompted the PRC to postpone the nursing licensure examinations from May 30 to 31 of this year to November 21 to 22 instead.

The PRC Covid19 Task Force has recommended the vaccination of the agency’s frontliners, personnel and members of Professional Regulatory Boards, volunteer proctors and watchers to give them protection.

Go agreed with their appeal.

“Kung mapoproteksiyunan ng bakuna ang PRC examiners, proctors at iba pang personnel, maisasagawa natin agad ang board exams sa ligtas na paraan at mas madadagdagan natin ang mga healthcare professionals sa lalong madaling panahon,” he said.