Face masks off once 50 million people inoculated: Philippines Covid-19 adviser

The Philippines has administered more than 12 million Covid-19 vaccine doses since March when the national vaccination campaign was rolled out. - AFP

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): If Filipinos want to end the inconvenience of wearing face shields and masks, about 50 million of them must first be fully inoculated against the coronavirus - meaning roughly half of the population should have received two doses of the vaccine against Covid-19.

Dr Ted Herbosa, adviser to the National Task Force Against Covid-19, said Filipinos still have a long way to go before they could get rid of those face coverings because only three million had been fully vaccinated as of Thursday (July 8).