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Pinas ‘di pa handang magtanggal ng face masks – experts

Ludy Bermudo - Pilipino Star Ngayon
Pinas �di pa handang magtanggal ng face masks � experts
Daily commuters pay for their jeepney fare in Marikina on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
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MANILA, Philippines — Hindi pa kumbinsido ang health experts sa bansa na magtanggal na ng face masks ang publiko dahil wala pang sapat na “armamentarium” sa paglaban sa COVID-19 pandemic.

Ayon kay Rontgene Solante, head ng San Lazaro Hospital’s Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Unit, sa pagtingin ng mga lokal na eksperto, hindi pa panahon para alisin na ang mandato sa pagsusuot ng face masks, kahit sa open area o outdoors.

Kahit aniya mababa pa ang mga kaso ng COVID-19, may mga parameter na kailangang suriin, gaya ng vaccination rates at paglutang ng mga bagong variants.

Idinagdag ni Solante ang pagkatuklas ng highly transmissible Omicron subvariants B.A. 4 at B.A.5 sa bansa ay naka­kabahala dahil may posibilidad na maabutan nito ang B.A.2.12.1.

“We have these (three) varaints already and we dont know how the extent of local transmission .... We always want to emphasize we cannot compare ourselves with other countries,” ani pa ni Solante.

“Do you know what the Biden administration is doing now, they are holding a lot of these Paxlovid because they are getting ready that this drug should be available (when COVID-19 case surges),” dagdag pa niya.

Ang Paxlovid ay isang anti-viral drugs laban sa malalaking COVID-19 infection ay ginagawa sa US-based drug company Pfizer.

Ang Singapore na nag­luwag man sa face mask ay nag-iimbak naman ng Paxlovid at Molnupiravir na libreng ibinibigay ng gobyerno.

“If we have that armamentarium in our hands and the government is givingg it for free, no problem. We can remove the masks now,” ani Solante.

Sa Pilipinas aniya, generic version lamang ng Paxlovid ang available na nagkakahalaga ng P8,000 hanggang P10,000 per course. Hindi naman ito available sa lahat ng ospital.

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