People below 18 may become Covid ‘supercarriers’ if age restrictions ease, OCTA warns

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MANILA, Philippines — Persons aged below 18 years old may become “supercarriers” of Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, should age restrictions in Metro Manila be eased, a member of the OCTA Research group warned Tuesday.

“Ang problema is magiging carrier sila at possible maging supercarrier pa nga sila [The problem here is they may become carriers or even supercarriers],” OCTA Research group member Dr. Guido David said.

David expressed his concern in an interview over radio station DzMM when asked for his reaction on the Metro Manila mayors’ plan to ask the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to lower age restrictions in …

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