By CNN Philippines Staff, 18 Aug 2021
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 18) — The public should use surgical mask for the time being due to the rising COVID-19 cases, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.
“Pansamantalang inirerekomenda po ang eksklusibong paggamit ng medical-grade mask o iyong mga surgical mask po natin,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online town hall meeting.
[Translation: We are temporarily recommending the exclusive use of medical-grade mask or surgical mask.]
Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, a member of the DOH Technical Advisory Group, said another option is to wear two cloth masks if a medical-grade mask is unavailable.
Vergeire said experts also recommend disinfection and reuse of N95 mask in case of supply shortage as well as the use of high-efficiency particulate air filter and protective physical barriers in areas where it is impossible to maintain physical distancing.
The DOH also advises the public not to use ionizing air filters, foot baths, misting tents, disinfection chambers, and UV lamps, except for those used in clinics or hospitals, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Vergeire added.
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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