THE Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, December 4, 2021, urged local government units (LGUs) to strengthen their coronavirus disease 2019...
THE Department of Health on Saturday, December 4, 2021, urged local government units to strengthen their coronavirus disease 2019 testing amid the threat of its more transmissible and infectious variant, Omicron.
“Wala naman tayong nakikitaan na mga lugar sa ating bansa ngayon na merong biglang pagtaas ng mga kaso o nagka-cluster ng infections because that can be one of the determinants kung saka-sakali na nakapasok na itong Omicron variant because if you see in the other countries, nagpuputukan po ang mga kaso nila," she said during a televised press briefing.
Vergeire said the Omicron variant may cause another Covid-19 case upsurge and LGUs should prepare for the “worst-case scenario” as early as now. Passengers who come from or have been to these countries over the last 14 days are not allowed to enter the Philippines.Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola, however, said the Philippine government will conduct repatriation flights in the said countries from December 10 to 13.
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