The DOH said it would “reassess” policies on pandemic response in the country after the WHO declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency. | kdevillaINQ /PDI
Emergency status
Asked what it would mean to the country’s vaccination program, the DOH would rather not preempt the IATF meeting and said that “more details with regard to our current policies” in the next days. According to her, certain policies for pandemic response should first be institutionalized because most of the current COVID-19 measures “are tied to the public health emergency status.” This includes the One COVID-19 Allowance, which health-care workers would stand to lose once the emergency status is revoked.
“If need be, I would not hesitate to convene another emergency committee should COVID-19 once again put our world in peril,” he stressed.In the Philippines, confirmed cases are once again on the rise, although more gradual than in the early years of the pandemic, as COVID-19 continues to spawn new variants.
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