MANILA, Philippines — An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday cautioned the Department of Health (DOH) in its COVID-19 messaging, warning of implications in classifying the Philippines as “low-risk” for COVID-19.
“Classifying any country as low-risk has implications. We are in a pandemic, the virus is everywhere… Are we at low-risk of future COVID cases? No, we are not at low-risk of future cases. This is a pandemic, we are dealing with a very delicate situation,” WHO representative to the Philippine Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.
“I think we need to be more cautious. It’s not costly to err on the side …
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