Año encourages use of face mask even inside homes

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Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday stressed that wearing face masks even inside the households will help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) among family members.

He issued the call after records disclosed that a great number of family members were infected by the virus.

“Isipin natin ngayon ang transmission ngayon ay buong pamilya na, pami-pamilya… rich or poor talagang buong pamilya ,’’ he added. Authorities bared that aside from workplaces, densely-populated areas could also be considered as critical places as it is difficult to practice social distancing in these places.

Año added the use of face shields is also encouraged, not only in public transport vehicles, but also in other public areas such as markets, hospitals and quarantine facilities.As of August 9, the Department of Health reported that the country has a total of 129,913 COVID-19 infections, with 67,673 recoveries and 2,270 deaths.

In the same DOH data, the five provinces with the highest number of new cases were Metro Manila with 1,700, Laguna with 169, Cebu with 114, Rizal with 98 and Cavite with 93.

 

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Or even physical distancing and frequent sanitation will be better..

South Korea also did this when the pandemic was out of control in the initial phase of their crisis response. But here, they should’ve recommended this early in the pandemic, not now that public is losing confidence in the government’s response in this.

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