The WHO's International Health Regulations Emergency Committee said after its quarterly assessment meeting last week that despite a decline in severe cases and the falling number of weekly deaths, deaths from COVID-19 nevertheless remain high compared with other respiratory viruses.
Infectious Diseases Expert Dr. Rontgene Solante on Monday, Sept. 19, reiterated the importance of wearing face masks after the government relaxed face mask mandate.
Netizens offered mixed reactions to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) proposal to relax the use of face masks outdoors.
Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Rontgene Solante said Tuesday, Sept. 6, that lifting of the face mask mandate in the National Capital Region (NCR) is “not yet possible.”
