President Rodrigo Duterte has reminded his fellow Filipinos to continue wearing face masks, telling them that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) remains a threat to public health.<\/p>\n
Despite the continued drop in coronavirus infections, Duterte said Covid-19 is still \u201calive\u201d and \u201ckicking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The proper use of face mask is still necessary to protect the public against the dreaded disease, Duterte said in his prerecorded Talk to the People aired Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cItong (This) Covid is still here. And one of the best defenses that we, humans, really have adopted to is the wearing of the mask,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Duterte said face mask would serve as the public\u2019s weapon against the \u201cuncontrolled\u201d spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaski na mag-abot tayo ng zero (Even if there are no longer Covid-19 cases in the country), it is good to just wear the mask kasi \u2018yun lang ang makakatigil ng talagang (because that can really stop the) widespread uncontrolled contamination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Duterte also attributed the significant drop in Covid-19 cases to the high vaccination turnout in the country.<\/p>\n
A total of 64,660,228 Filipinos are now fully vaccinated, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. told Duterte.<\/p>\n
Galvez said around 8,766,899 of the 64,660,228 fully vaccinated Filipinos belong to the 12-17 age group.<\/p>\n
From March 7 to 13, the Philippines logged 4,131 new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n
Metro Manila and 47 other areas in several parts of the country have been placed under Alert Level 1 from March 16 to 31.<\/p>\n
Duterte stressed the need to continue observing the minimum public health standards even after the most lenient Alert Level 1 has been implemented in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI suppose that until we\u2019re in zero, we just maintain the [Alert] Level 1. And wear the mask. Importante talaga iyan (That\u2019s really important). You just maintain. Make it a habit. Make it a habit to wear mask para mas maganda. Iyan ang tandaan ninyo (that\u2019s better. Remember that),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Under Alert Level 1, movement of persons regardless of age and comorbidities is allowed, but with restrictions on crowded and closed spaces and close contact (3Cs) settings.<\/p>\n
Private establishments and government agencies can also operate at full on-site capacity, subject to minimum public health standards. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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