“The grand procession of the image of the Black Nazarene will no longer push through on January 9, 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Manila’s public information office said in a statement.
Community quarantines in multiple parts of the country have been eased since June to give way for the reopening of the economy. However, it also led to faster coronavirus transmission, causing more than 70,000 new infections in July alone.
Malacañang on Friday said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases had approved the proposed second phase of the country’s action plan crafted by the National Task Force (NTF) on Covid-19.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night ordered Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to lead the government’s Covid-19 response in Cebu City, as the city saw a continuous rise in infections.
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday said he regretted the removal of Dr. Anthony Leachon as special adviser to the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19.