President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation No. 297 on Friday, July 21, lifting the State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines due to COVID-19.
The country's positivity rate, or the number of people testing positive for the COVID-19, has decreased to 6.4% as of Friday, July 7, from 7.2% as of June 30.
A close contact of the first COVID-19 case among evacuees in Albay has tested positive for the disease, the Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol reported Wednesday, June 21.
An evacuee staying at one of the evacuation centers in Daraga, Albay tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) Bicol Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) reported Tuesday, June 20.
