With the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urges the government to give [equal] attention to the condition of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and their need for COVID-19 vaccination, [and to] the welfare of personnel managing jails and other detention facilities.
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 reiterated on Saturday (Aug. 28) that all COVID-19 vaccines are effective, contrary to the insinuation of a former government advisor that not all vaccines are effective against COVID-19.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday (Aug. 28) appealed to healthcare workers to reconsider going on protests and to instead focus on hospital operations.
Imposing granular lockdowns rather than wider community quarantine restrictions can be more effective in containing COVID-19, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
The local government of Zambales recorded its first COVID-19 Delta variant in a two-year-old girl, Governor Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. confirmed on (Saturday) Aug. 28.
