No less than Senator Richard Gordon could be the best example that vaccines really work, and that these actually give us ample protection in case a fully inoculated person is infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
This, as Cebu and Laguna went contrasting ways as these areas shifted quarantine classifications amid a feared coronavirus surge.
These are among the top stories this Monday morning, August 2, 2021.

Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Highway Patrol Group (HPG) and the Cavite PNP conduct a checkpoint at the Bacoor-Las Pinas border along Coastal Road on Sunday, August 1, 2021, the first day of the implementation of stricter border control measures ahead of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and its adjacent provinces. (Ali Vicoy)
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