President of Philippines orders probe over vaccine queue jumping

A policeman patrols inside a village that was placed under lockdown as the government implements stricter measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Aaron Favila/AP)

The Philippine president has ordered at least nine city and town mayors investigated for possible charges after they reportedly jumped ahead of a priority list led by 1.7 million health workers and got injected with Covid-19 vaccine amid a shortage in supply.

President Rodrigo Duterte said in a televised meeting with key Cabinet members that aside from the mayors, the son of an actress also got immunised.