Current COVID-19 health protocols in the Philippines will remain in place should the WHO soon declare an end to the global health emergency phase of the coronavirus. | kdevillaINQ /PDI
But even with the more loosened border restrictions, the country’s health-care system was able to “manage our COVID-19 cases,” she noted.The emergency committee of the WHO is set to meet on Jan. 27 to decide whether the pandemic is still considered a public health emergency of international concern, the highest alert level for a health crisis.
But Dr. Alethea de Guzman, director of the DOH’s epidemiology bureau, said the Philippines should stay on alert against COVID-19. The health agency said that as minimum public health standards decline and there is continuous detection of highly transmissible and highly evasive variants, new infections will likely increase.But despite the warnings, the DOH said no significant changes in the country’s COVID-19 cases have been noted since in-person gatherings during Christmas and the New Year, including other events and the daily crowding of commuters, resumed for the first time in two years.
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