WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Philippines remains at low risk for COVID-19, enough for the government to lift the mandatory mask policy in both outdoor and indoor settings, require full return to in-person classes, and to further ease travel restrictions for people entering the country.
How is the Marcos administration addressing the health and economic crisis? What are the key developments on the global front that also impact Filipinos?
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LATEST UPDATES
DepEd allows optional wearing of face masks in classrooms
The Department of Education (DepEd) will make the wearing of face masks inside classrooms optional, its spokesman said on Tuesday, November 1.
This comes after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., through Executive Order No. 7, scrapped the mask-wearing policy in place since 2020.
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