LAOAG CITY—Health authorities in Ilocos Norte province have appealed to parents and guardians to be more vigilant and keep their children at home as many young residents are getting sick with COVID-19.
At a press briefing on Tuesday (April 20), Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc said he has been seeing a lot of children gathered together in public areas without wearing masks or observing physical distancing, two of the most basic protocols in preventing transmission of SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Being frequently outside makes younger children more vulnerable to two variants of SARS Cov2, the UK and South African mutations, which are more contagious and had been found…
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