‘Not yet time’ to make masks optional indoors – DOH chief

MANILA, Philippines --- It's not yet time to make wearing face masks indoors optional, Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing on Tuesday at the Department of Health (DOH), which she heads as the officer in charge. She reminded the public that Executive Order No. 3, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued on Monday, made wearing a mask optional only outdoors and in non-crowded areas with good ventilation. She said it would not be advisable to do that indoors. "All the evidence show that the probability if higher of transmitting the infection when in enclosed or indoor areas," she explained in Filipino. "As of now, that's something that the DOH coul...

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