MANILA, Dec 26 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): President Rodrigo Duterte has called infectious disease experts and the managers of the country’s Covid-19 response to a special meeting on Saturday to discuss possible changes in policies to deal with the new coronavirus variant that emerged in the United Kingdom, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.
Duterte will cut short his visit to Davao City, where he spent Christmas with his family, to return to Malacañang for the late meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Roque said.