The Department of Health yesterday reported a sharp decline in the average daily deaths due to COVID-19.

In line with the national campaign to help protect the people and restore economic activity in the provinces, the Tan Yan Kee Foundation Inc. became one of the hosts of a COVID vaccination drive for employees, partners, adopted communities and service providers of companies under the Lucio Tan Group of Companies.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra believes that other members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases support his position that the “no vaccine, no work” policy cannot be made mandatory.

The Philippine National Police will continue the strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocols should Metro Manila be placed under Alert Level 2 in the coming weeks, PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said yesterday.

Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental and Lubang town in Occidental Mindoro are at “critical risk” for COVID-19 due to an increase in new cases in the past week, according to the OCTA Research Group.