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

The Philippines still ranks last among the world’s 53 biggest economies included in the latest COVID-19 Resilience Ranking released by Bloomberg.

President Duterte has expressed support for collaboration among Southeast Asian nations on COVID-19 vaccine production, and stressed the need to fast-track the purchase of vaccines as the region treads what he described as the “long and difficult” road to recovery.

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.