WASHINGTON — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. doesn’t see but the necessity to deliver again the necessary carrying of face masks amid the current rise in COVID-19 circumstances.
Instead, Marcos stated there’s a must encourage anew younger folks to get vaccinated towards COVID-19.
“But it looks like, we will have to conduct again, especially for young people, we’ll have to conduct again a vaccination push,” he informed reporters right here when requested if he thinks the necessary carrying of face masks ought to once more be enforced.
Marcos, who made face masks use elective in October final 12 months by way of Executive Order No. 7, stated the present scorching climate within the Philippines could have made folks weak to COVID-19.
The President stated he’ll examine with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases(IAT) and the Department of Health for “guidance” concerning necessary face masks use.
“We’ll look at it. Tignan natin kung may guidance ang IATF, may guidance ang DOH. I think — I hope we don’t have to but we might, but I hope not,” he stated.
DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire earlier stated the DOH shouldn’t be contemplating proposing the necessary carrying of face masks anew amid the rising variety of new COVID-19 infections.
Vergeire famous that the rising variety of new COVID-19 circumstances within the nation remains to be insignificant as hospital utilization stays manageable. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
