Stiffer penalties must be crafted against employers who will not abide by the mandatory insurance for agency-hired, directly hired, and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), according to a senatorial candidate.
The Department of Health (DOH) is preparing to utilize “social mobilizers” to reach areas with low coverage of COVID-19 vaccination to explain the side effects and the advantages of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Department of Health explained Friday why the government has not yet implemented Alert Level 1 nationwide despite a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases.
The Department of Health is still not keen on redefining the definition of the term “fully vaccinated,” saying that this is to avoid confusion since there are still unvaccinated individuals in the country.
