(UPDATE) WASHINGTON: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is not enthusiastic about reimposing mandatory mask-wearing amid the new surge of Covid-19 cases, and would rather step up the vaccination particularly of young people to contain the virus.
'We will have to conduct [vaccinations] again, especially for young people. We'll have to conduct again a vaccination push to lessen that, especially with people being a little bit, shall we say having a hard time coping with the extreme heat that which makes the body more vulnerable to Covid-19,' Marcos said during a brief interview Sunday aboard the chartered Philippine Airlines flight bringing him and his delegation to Washington for a four-day official visit.
He said he hopes the new wave of infections will not prompt him to bring back the mask mandate unless otherwise recommended by the Department of Health and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases .'So, we'll look at it. Let's see if there will be guidance by the IATF, if there will be guidance by the DoH. I hope we don't have to, but we might. I hope not,' he said.
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