The DOT has eased up its COVID-19 preventive health directives to tourism establishments as it promotes the continuous opening of the country to travelers and tourists. | santostinaINQ /PDI
“It sends the important message across that, under the Marcos administration, our country is open for tourism, and that we are keeping up with global practices on tourism operations that have already opened up worldwide,” she added.Through the memorandum circular, the DOT also ordered the lifting of the previous administration’s earlier requirement for tourism establishments to install plastic, acrylic barriers and dividers in designated areas.
It reported on Monday an additional 913 COVID-19 cases from Feb. 27 to March 5, or an average of 130 infections daily, up by 10 percent compared to the 832 cases from Feb. 20 to Feb. 26.Independent pandemic monitor Octa Research Group fellow Guido David, in a post on Twitter, also observed that Metro Manila’s seven-day positivity rate increased slightly from 1.6 percent on Feb. 25 to 2 percent on March 4.
A total of 56 new COVID-19 deaths were verified during the past week, 10 of which occurred in February; the rest happened between November 2020 and March 2022 but were reported only recently.
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