More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Cebu provincial government did not consult the Department of Health (DOH) regarding its decision to ease the face mask policy in the province. “Gusto namin linawin, hindi kami nakonsulta (We want to clarify, we have not been consulted) regarding this move or...
The wearing of face masks remain mandatory except in specific instances like eating and during well-ventilated sports and similar activities as ordered by President Duterte, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, June 10. DILG-Logo With the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated on Thursday, June 9, that the wearing of face masks is still mandatory in accordance with rules of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). "Current IATF protocols allow only for specific instances when...
Senate Committee on Health and Demography chair Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday called on Filipinos to continue to adhere to basic Covid-19 health and safety protocols as the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has allowed all...
President Duterte's leadership in government efforts to protect people's lives – one from a virus that caused a pandemic, and the other, from a terrorist attack that caused the five-month war in Marawi City – will be among the major highlights of his six-year presidency. President...
All establishments in areas under Alert Level 1 are now allowed to operate at 100-percent capacity, provided that those indoors or those participating in mass gatherings can provide proof of full vaccination. This came after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious...
All 16 cities and the only municipality in the National Capital Region (NCR) are still under the coronavirus Alert Level 1 after the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases clarified the list of areas in the said risk level classification. (ALI VICOY /...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday commended the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for repealing the policy requiring students in higher education institutions (HEIs) to have medical insurance before...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has greenlighted the arrival of both foreign nationals and Filipinos in the country without the need for a negative Covid-19 test as long as they are fully vaccinated. IATF signed Resolution No. 168 Series of...
The government's pandemic task force has repealed the policy requiring students in higher education institutions (HEIs) to have medical insurance before participating in in-person classes, Malacañang announced. File photo of college students roaming around the campus before the pandemic. (ALI...
Metro Manila will stay under the coronavirus Alert Level 1 for the first half of June despite the local transmission of an Omicron subvariant, Malacañang announced. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Communications Undersecretary Kris Ablan said this days before the existing alert...
