Palace: Face shield use may be required amid Omicron threat
Filipinos may be required to wear face shields again amid the threat of the new Omicron variant.
President Duterte left it to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to decide on reimposing the policy.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez support bringing back face shields, citing their effectiveness against highly contagious variants like Delta.
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