People visiting an amusement park as the country's capital region loosens Covid-19 restrictions in Pasay City, Metro Manila. - Reuters
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer): The Department of Health (DOH) warns that active Covid-19 cases in the country may shoot up again in December if Filipinos will let their guard down and become complacent in observing health protocols, now that Metro Manila is under the more relaxed alert level 2.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, citing projections by the DOH’s disease surveillance team, said active cases might reach 52,393 next month if safety measures against Covid-19 were ignored and pandemic response, specifically the detection and isolation of cases, would slow down.
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