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CebuGov
ernorGwendol
ynGar
ciaat
tendsaHous
ehear
ing,
Feb.
27,
2018.
Mar
kDemay
o,ABS-
CBNNews/Fi
le

CebuGov
ernorGwendol
ynGar
ciaat
tendsaHous
ehear
ing,
Feb.
27,
2018.
Mar
kDemay
o,ABS-
CBNNews/Fi
le

MANILA(UPDATE)-CebuGovernorGwenGar
ciahasi
ssuedanexecut
iv
eor derdr
oppi
ngthe
mandat
oryuseofant
i
-cor
onavi
rusmasksi
nopenspacesint
heprovi
nce,contr
aryt
oexi
sti
ngrul
es
setbyt
heDepart
mentofHeal
t
h( DOH).

Garci
a,i
nExecuti
veOrder16iss
uedWednes
day
,sai
dthatf
acemas
kswoul
dber
equi
redonl
yin
cl
osedandair
-condi
ti
onedareas.

“Theus
eoff
acemas
kss
hal
lbeopt
i
onal
inwel
l
-vent
i
lat
edandopens
paces
,”t
heor
derr
ead.

Howev
er,
peopl
ewit
hCOVI
D-19sympt
omssuchasf
ever
,coughorr
unnynos
ewoul
dber
equi
red
t
owearamaskwhenev
ert
heyl
eav
ethei
rhomes.

Gar
ciaci
t
edt
hei
mpr
ovementoft
hepr
ovi
nce'
sCOVI
D-19s
it
uat
i
oni
neas
ingt
hemas
kmandat
e.

“Othercountr
ies,i
ncl
udingSi
ngapor
e,haveal
readydi
rectedthewear
ingofmasksandot
her
per
sonalpr
otecti
veequipmentbeopt
ional
inout
doorsett
ings,
”s headdedinheror
der
.

ButDOH,i
nas t
atementis
suedThursdayaf
ter
noon,
rei
terat
edthatmini
mumpubli
cheal
th
st
andar
dssuchaswearingthebestf
it
ti
ngfacemaskhelp"keepourCOVID-
19casecount
slow
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pit
ethedet
ect
i
onofnews
ubv
ari
ant
s.
"

Undercur
rentI
ATFpr ot
ocols
,theremov
aloffacemas
ksi
sonl
yal
l
owedwhenani
ndi
vi
dual
is
eat
ingori
nawel l
-venti
l
atedarea,
theDOHs ai
d.

"
TheCOVID-
19v i
rusi
ss t
i
llpr
esentandthepandemicisnotyetov
er.Indi
vi
dual
scans
ti
ll
cat
cht
he
v
irus
,mos
tespeci
all
yforourvul
nerabl
epopulat
ion,
"thest
atementread.

"Let
'sberesponsi
bl
eanddoourpartbyweari
ngthebest
-fi
tt
edmask,i
sol
atewhensi
ck,doubl
e-
upprotect
ionthr
oughvacci
nat
i
onandbooster
s,andensur
egoodair
fl
ow.Forthos
eal
ready
vacci
nated,i
mmunitywanesovert
i
me.Getyourboost
ershotASAP.
"

Accordi
ngtothelatestheal
thbul
let
i
nrel
easedbyt
heCentr
alVi
say
asheal
t
hoffi
ce,Ceburecor
ded
anaverageof36COVI D-19casesdai
l
yfromMay29toJune4.Ar
ound4mil
l
ionpeoplei
nthe
regi
onwerefull
yv acci
nated.

TheDepartmentofHeal
t
hearli
ers
aidt
hemandat
oryus
eoff
acemas
kswoul
dbet
he"
las
ttogo"i
n
thecount
ry'
str
ansit
i
ontothenewnormal
.

Facemas
ksl
astt
ogoi
ntr
ans
it
iont
onewnor
mal
:DOH

Dut
ert
esay
smas
kmandat
etos
tayunt
i
lhi
s'l
astdayofof
fi
ce'

Pr
esi
dentRodri
goDutert
eandtheI
nter
-AgencyTas
kForcehav
esev
eral
ti
mesur
gedt
hepr
ovi
nce
t
ofol
l
ownat i
onalmandatesi
nit
sCOVID-19res
ponse.

Dut
ert
eor
der
sCebut
ofol
l
owpr
otocol
sfr
omCOVI
D-19t
askf
orce

DI
LGs
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al
ogueaf
terCebuaccept
sunv
axx
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orei
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eler
s

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