The Department of Tourism on Wednesday acknowledged the advisory issued by United States government agencies against travel to the Philippines amid threats of COVID-19.

he Philippines on Wednesday recorded 9,227 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 962,307.

“All operations to apprehend or seize goods must be done in coordination with the FDA,” Roque said.

Vergeire said the shift to the daily release of time-based recoveries was instructed by DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III to ensure the figures are “more accurate.”

The Covid-19 pandemic destroyed 22 million jobs in the world's largest economy, of which more than half, 14 million, have been restored.