Some senators on Monday, Nov. 8 welcomed the decision of some Metro Manila mayors to drop the mandatory face shield policy saying it is something that should have been done long ago. “Matagal na nating kinikwestyon yung practicality ng (We have long questioned the practicality of using)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees no problem with the decision of Manila Mayor and presidential candidate Isko Moreno to lift the strict use of face shield in Manila. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año explained that the use of face shields was strictly enforced at the time...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque thought that Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's order to limit the areas that require the use of face shields is either not effective or null and void because of an existing order that required the use of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Malacañang has asked local chief executives to continue implementing the face shield policy until the government's pandemic task force has decided to no longer make the wearing of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) equipment mandatory. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential...
The Department of Health (DOH) will present to the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) its updated recommendation on the use of face shields this week. DOH/MB "Our experts, together with DOH of course will update the current review of evidence for this face shield use in this pandemic response. So we...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi is supporting the proposal for the non-mandatory wearing of face shields. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos said on Monday, Nov. 8, that the official position of the 17 Metro Manila mayors during their meeting on Nov. 7 was to do away...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. expressed support Monday, Nov. 8, on the proposal of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to lift the use of face shields in public places except in high-risk areas such as medical...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora backed on Monday the proposal to lift the mandatory use of face shields in Metro Manila. "During a meeting of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) composed of the National Capital Region mayors and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) last night, it was...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) the scrapping of mandatory use of face shields in the National Capital Region following mutual agreement among Metro mayors. MMDA Chairman...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently evaluating the need for people to wear face shields in areas with a low number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the use of a face shield was...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has vowed to push for the exclusion of the use of face shield in the health protocol for the prevention of infection from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the improving situation in the country. In a news briefing on Thursday, Nov....
Editorial One of the most “divisive” items in this pandemic is undoubtedly the face shield. Some people say it is a useful barrier against an unseen virus, while some would just put it on their head like a sun visor or hair clip. Even health experts couldn’t agree among themselves if this...
