The government is considering reinstating the order for the mandatory wearing of face shields due over concerns about the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said Sunday (November 28).
Galvez told reporters that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is in favor of requiring people to wear face shields again in public as an added layer of protection against COVID-19.
“We will look at the possibility. ‘Yan nga inaano ni Secretary [Francisco] Duque. He is pro na maibalik ‘yung any protections na pwede natin gamitin,” he said.
“Kasi some people from WHO (World Health Organization) also believed na kaya nagkaroon tayo ng magandang result dito sa Delta as compared to others is because of also the added protection of face shield,” Galvez explained.
The government on November 15 made wearing of face shields optional for areas under Alert Levels 1 to 3 as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continue to decline.
The Omicron variant, which was first detected in South Africa, has been tagged by the World Health Organization as a variant of concern.
The government has imposed a ban on incoming flights from South Africa, Botswana and other cases where cases of the COVID-19 variant have been confirmed or are likely to be present.
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