DOH: 17,891 new COVID cases since September 19
Cases averaged 2,556 a day from September 19 to 25. The figure was 22% higher than the number of infections recorded from a week before.
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Cases averaged 2,556 a day from September 19 to 25. The figure was 22% higher than the number of infections recorded from a week before.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines reported that seven 69kV lines in north and south Luzon as well as four 230kV lines are unavailable.
Commissioner Norman Tansingco instructed immigration officers to refer for secondary inspection foreign nationals who have doubtful purposes of travel to the Philippines.
Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, officer-in-charge of the DOH, called on legislators to support the agency’s priority legislations to ensure the welfare of healthcare workers.
"How can you inspire confidence when if you go to a beach, you see everybody is still wearing a mask? How do you think foreign tourists will decide if they are made to choose between a destination that requires outdoor masking and one that does not?" Concepcion said.