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“Kinokonsider po natin ang ban para sa mga areas o bansa kung saan na may naulat na ng community transmission na mga kaso hango sa new variant (We are considering (to impose) a ban for areas or countries where there is a reported community transmission of the new (coronavirus) variant),” said DoH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing.
Vergeire assured that they are monitoring the situation in other countries that have documented a case of the new variant.
“Ang mga areas o bansang may recorded cases ng UK variant ay kasalukuyan na po nating minomonitor. Ang pagkumpirma ng community transmission sa mga lugar na ito ay ating itinakdang pamantayan upang ma-impose natin yung travel ban (Areas or countries with recorded cases of the UK variant are currently being monitored. The confirmation of community transmission in these areas is our standard in imposing a travel ban),” she noted.
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Senator Francis Pangilinan
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Pangilinan recalled that the Philippines was still free from COVID-19 last January but did not impose any travel ban on travelers from Wuhan, China where the COVID-19 originated.
“Bakit kailangang hintaying kumalat ang bagong strain ng virus bago kumilos? (Why do we have to wait before the variant of the COVID-19 virus spreads?)” Pangilinan said, reacting to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s pronouncement.
“Makakaaasa lang tayo ng magiging mas mabuti at mas malusog ang ating 2021 kung malinaw ang pag-iisip at pagsasalita ng mga namumuno sa pagsugpo ng COVID sa ating bansa (We can only expect our 2021 to be safe and healthy if those who lead our nation’s anti-COVID efforts are clearly thinking and articulating their policies well),” the senator stressed.
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