Marcos signs EO making face mask optional indoors, outdoors

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order No. 7 on Friday, making mask-wearing voluntary both indoors and outdoors.

Mask-wearing remains required only in healthcare facilities, medical transport vehicles, and public transportation.

The order encourages continued use of masks by the elderly, those with comorbidities, immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, unvaccinated individuals, and symptomatic persons.