DOH: 'Not rational' to shut borders to countries with single Omicron case

No change in pandemic response

Vergeire also said that there will be no changes in the country’s pandemic response and that the government will “intensify” the implementation of existing strategies such as border control, active case tracking, vaccination, and enforcement of minimum health protocols.. As I’ve said, whatever we’re doing now is the formula for us to get protected against any kind of variant. What we’re going to do is we intensify our response, especially with our borders,” Vergeire said.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

I wish Usec Vergiere will look at how the Wuhan virus entered and spread like wilfire when we did not close border from China in January 2020. It started wuth a couple from China who entered Philippines from Mactan. It takes one single infected person to spread the virus .

Oh di ba? Kunwari ka pa na public health ang priority niyo. Kung totoo yun matagal na dapat magimplement ng total ban. Eh hindi eh. Tapos pag nag surge uli mga common tao na naman may kasalanan. Hindi yung kabobohan niyo.

The O variant is cause for concern not alarm. You know where I find cause for alarm - the historical response of the DOH to surges in infections. (It’s like they wait for the impact before they tap the breaks).

Ayan na naman tau eh..ala Duque at duterte ka rin eh!!

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