The lifting of the use of face masks outdoors may be among the factors for the increasing cases of Covid-19 in the Philippines, Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said.
The Department of Health (DOH) said that teachers and students undergoing face-to-face classes are still mandated to wear face masks amid the Inter-Agency Task Force of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF) recommendation to only use it voluntarily in open spaces by year-end.
The Department of Health (DOH) said that it still prefers the public to wear their face masks amid the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’s (IATF) recommendation to only use the masks as voluntary when outdoors.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama issued an executive order lifting the mandatory wearing of face masks while outdoors or at open spaces.
Outgoing Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he would recommend extending the face mask requirement amid the surge of Covid-19 infections in the country.