MANILA, Philippines — The scrapping of quarantine classifications based on the COVID-19 situation will not happen anytime soon unless the Philippines vaccinates more people against COVID-19, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Monday.
“Right now, just to clear the air, that’s not going to happen anytime soon. That’s only something that we are considering after we’re able to inoculate 50 million to 70 million Filipinos,” Nograles said in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.
Nograles said leaving the quarantine classifications up to local government units will only happen once the country achieves “population protection” or “herd immunity.”
“Right now, it is…
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