Malacañang was not keen on rescinding the order to require the public to wear face shields outdoors, saying that wearing it along with face masks while doing physical distancing was almost equivalent to getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In this photo taken on September...
Former health secretary and incumbent Iloilo 1st District Representative Janette Garin on Thursday, June 3, supported calls for the government to lift its mandatory face shield policy, raising that this could increase coronavirus transmission. Former Department of Health secretary and incumbent...
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's controversial statement seeking to exclude face shield in the minimum public health safety protocol is just a suggestion and not a demand from the government, an official of the D epartment of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official clarified Thursday, June 3. In a...
In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public market in Manila. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) is not in favor of the proposal to lift the policy that requires people to wear face shields when stepping out...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso urged the government on Wednesday to reconsider and reevaluate its policy mandating the public to wear face shields as added protection against the COVID-19. Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso During his mayoral address, Domagoso...
Agot Isidro seemingly does not believe in wearing a face shield despite the ongoing health crisis. She even used the hashtag #uselessordinance relating to the same in a recent post. As if to highlight her point, she edited two photos of her side by side. One shows her wearing a face shield. The...
The total number of Muntinlupa residents who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has reached 50,000. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), as of May 29, the number of residents who have received the first dose of the vaccine totaled 50,271. Some of those...
Authorities discovered P70 million worth of alleged fake and smuggled face shields from China in a raid in Parañaque City on Thursday, May 20, as the government tightens its monitoring of counterfeit coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety equipment that are flooding the market. Personnel of the...
The Muntinlupa police have penalized an additional 280 people for not wearing face masks and face shields in violation of health protocols. According to the police, the violators were nabbed between 5 a.m. of May 17 and 5 a.m of May 18 in the nine barangays in Muntinlupa. The Muntinlupa City...
Thousands of people were apprehended and fined by personnel of the Quezon City government and police on Wednesday for violating health safety measures, including those who were not wearing face shields and those who supposedly took off their mask to wipe sweat from their face. As of noontime, the...
Moira Dela Torre is currently trending on TikTok. No, it wasn't because she posted a video of her dancing to "Renegade." A video of her performing "Tagpuan" using a huge barrier or shield as propped on a roller made it to the site. Not that it's wrong, of course. Note that under the new normal,...
Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Emergency rooms are full, and clusters of COVID-19 are sprouting in workplaces and homes with alarming frequency. It is a year later and the whole world is still seeing surges in COVID-19 cases. The more transmissible variants may contribute to the surges, but the...