MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III believes the Department of Health (DOH) can still appeal to make the wearing of face shields still mandatory after President Rodrigo Duterte supposedly agreed that face shields should only be worn in hospitals.
“Of course we will follow PRRD’s (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) directive but I believe we can still appeal,” Duque told INQUIRER.net in a text message on Thursday.
“We will take this up at the IATF meeting this p.m.,” he added, referring to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management for Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The Health Secretary said this in response to a tweet of Senate President Vic…
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