DILG on Isko Moreno’s suggestion to stop using face shields in public places.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reacted to Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso’s suggestion to stop using face shields in public places.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government wasn’t keen on dropping the policy mandating the wearing of face shields in public places.
In a Laging Handa briefing on Thursday, DILG spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that it’s not yet time to do away with the face shield policy since the coronavirus pandemic still persisted and the Philippines had yet to achieve so-called population protection, which entailed vaccination of at least 50 million individuals against COVID-19.
“Hindi pa siguro panahon para tanggalin ang face shield dahil hindi pa tayo nakakalabas sa pandemya. Wala pa tayo sa lebel na tinatawag sa herd protection o public protection na makukuha kapag umabot sa 50 million na vaccinations,” he said.
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Malaya also said that face shields added another layer of protection against the coronavirus disease. If face shields will be removed, it should be replaced with another form of protection, which Malaya said was the COVID-19 vaccine.
Moreover, Malaya said that they’ll be guided by science in all of their decisions and he’s sure that the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) and the Department of Health (DOH) will study the said proposal very carefully.
“Kailangan pag-aralan mabuti dahil laging nakaabang ang another surge. Let us keep our guards up and study very carefully,” he said.
Malaya’s statement came after Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso pleaded to stop using face shields in public places. According to Isko Moreno, only the Philippines required the use of face shields in public places.
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