Vaccinating Asia: Filipinos in search of coveted 'Covid-19 passport'

Senior citizens at an observation area after receiving their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccination in Manila on March 29, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
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MANILA - Ms Sheila Reyes, 38, had been working in Singapore for 12 years when she was let go.

When the Covid-19 pandemic began to cut deep into Singapore's leisure industry, Ms Reyes, who was a guest relations executive at Resorts World Sentosa, and about 2,000 others from the hotel were laid off last August.

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