THE PHILIPPINES has logged 910 more infections involving more contagious subvariants of the Omicron coronavirus, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday.
Of the total, 816 were BA.5, 42 were BA.4, and 52 were BA.2.12.1 cases, Health Officer-in-Charge and Undersecretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire told a televised news briefing.
More than 71.4 million people had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as of July 19. More than 1.1 million people have received their second booster shot. Ms. Carpio’s first order as Education chief mandates all public and private schools to implement five days of physical classes starting Nov. 2.
“Starting Nov. 2, all public and private schools shall have transitioned to five days of in-person classes,” according to the order. Pure distance or blended learning except for schools that are implementing an alternative mode won’t be allowed. In a statement, Ms. Duterte-Carpio said the president had agreed during the meeting that a plan for blended learning scheme “should be made with a caveat that face-to-face classes shall be the priority and blended modality shall be considered only in specific schools and areas with special circumstances.”
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