The country’s Covid-19 health protocols remain effective against the virus and its subvariants, the Department of Health (DOH) stressed on Tuesday, Jan. 2, amid the uptick in China’s Covid-19 infections.
The country’s Covid-19 health protocols remain effective against the virus and its subvariants, the Department of Health stressed on Monday, Jan. 2, amid the uptick in China’s Covid-19 infections.
“As per our recent issuance, we have heightened border control and instructed strict implementation of health protocols in all of our borders and respective operating units,” said DOH. Pursuant to a DOH memorandum issued on Dec. 31, 2022, all the Directors of Centers for Health Development were directed to monitor and provide assistance in ensuring the “heightened surveillance on all respiratory symptoms in all travelers coming from China.”
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