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Molecular biologist and OCTA Research Team fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said the detection of the South Africa variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines is "most concerning" as it could lessen the efficacy and protection of the AstraZeneca vaccine against this particular variant.
OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said some people are no longer adhering to minimum health standards, such as wearing of face shield and observing physical distancing, as prevention of the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“While most people practice the minimum health standards, they don’t practice it everyday. In fact, [the] majority of people wear face masks [but] the number goes down as we talk about face shields and social distancing,” Octa Research fellow Ranjit Rye said. “These three basic elements of the minimum public health safety standards have to be maintained on an everyday basis until we have vaccinations for everyone in place.”
SunStar Group notes ‘deteriorating compliance’ to health protocols CEBU. In this photo taken in August 2020, a law enforcer carries a one-meter-long stick to enforce physical distancing of at least one meter between two people in public. (SunStar Cebu) + March 03, 2021 A UNIVERSITY professor who is part of the Octa Research on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, noted a “deteriorating compliance” to minimum public health standards. Octa research fellow Ranjit Rye said their nationwide surveys showed that while most respondents wear face masks, only a few...
The OCTA Research group expresses alarm over the proposal of NEDA Chief Karl Chua to place the entire country under the most relaxed form of community quarantine by next month.