MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is set to make wearing of face masks indoors voluntary. This, despite the detection of cases of the most transmissible Omicron variant XBB in the country.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, October 25, Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco said the move to ease the pandemic protocol was “to allow our country to be at par with our ASEAN neighbors who have long liberalized their mask mandates.”
Into the third year living with the COVID-19 virus, what’s the situation in the Philippines? Is the country ready to remove masks indoors?
On Wednesday, October 26, Rappler’s pandemic reporter Bonz Magsambol speaks to Philippine College of Physicians past president Dr. Maricar Limpin about the implication of the new policy. Tune in to this page at 3:30 pm or head over to Rappler’s social media accounts to watch the discussion live. – Rappler.com
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