DOH: PH ready for face-to-face classes

The Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Monday, June 6, that the country is ready for full face-to-face classes even though COVID-19 cases have been on the rise recently.

Well, at this point that you ask me, right now, I can say that we are ready. Ma-sustain lang natin ang mga kaso like the ordinary flu — it’s just mild, asymptomatic,

Vergeire said.

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According to her, the classifications of COVID-19 cases are mostly mild and asymptomatic, although there are few severe and critical cases.

Right now, if you look at the classifications of our cases, most of these are mild and asymptomatic. Yung severe and critical natin, hindi pa ho talaga lumalaki. Although, there are cases of severe and critical but not that much,

she said.

For students to be protected against COVID-19, Vergeire urged parents and guardians to have their children vaccinated before the start of face-to-face classes.

So, kung ganito lang po ang mangyayari, mama-manage po natin ito. We can prevent infections so that sana ma-encourage din natin ang mga magulang na bago mag-face-to-face ang mga bata, makapagpabakuna po ang mga bata so they are doubly protected,

she urged.

According to the latest data from the DOH, 529 fresh COVID-19 infections have been recorded, which increased the active cases to 4, 740.