The Department of Health (DOH) is studying the possibility of decreasing to only three days the quarantine period of returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) who test negative for Covid-19, with the Christmas season approaching.
The Department of Health (DOH) admitted that it is still locating the eight travelers who arrived in the Philippines from South Africa.
Molecular biologist and Octa Research Team fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco on Wednesday said the South African variant could halt the country’s vaccination drive after research data showed that AstraZeneca vaccines were only 10-percent effective against it.
Bacolod is the country’s top backyard and swine producer, which has a PHP6-billion hog industry.