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According to a health official, the nation is “ready” in the event that the World Health Organization (WHO) decides to end the worldwide public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

In a media forum, Maria Rosario Vergeire, the Department of Health officer in charge, said: “The implications of a global health emergency or the public health emergency definitely will be in our borders. We have seen and that slowly we have eased our restrictions across our borders also, and until now we are managing our cases.”

She said so after learning that the WHO Emergency Committee would convene on January 27 to decide if Covid-19 still qualifies as a global health emergency.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. earlier showed hesitation on the topic, therefore there appears to be a low possibility that the nation will remain in a state of catastrophe as a result of the Covid-19 declaration.

As several of the Covid-19 response actions, including the vaccination push, relied on the proclamation of the state of calamity and public health emergency, the DOH has previously requested another extension.

“We know that the virus is here to stay, whether or not the state of emergency is repealed,” Vergeire added.

“The Philippines will remain cautious and watchful, and we will continue to impose these same restrictions that we have in place right now, which are not overly strict, but we have that safeguard that anytime cases will increase, we have the safeguards that we can rely on and impose to better protect Filipinos,” she added.

Following a recent minor uptick, Covid-19 infections and hospital admissions of severe and critical cases are currently continuing to plateau throughout the nation.

The DOH reported a 6-percent drop in its daily average of new cases on Monday, from 447 last week to 419 this week.

Over 4 million Covid-19 cases and more than 65,590 fatalities have been reported in the nation so far.

As of Jan. 15, only 17.2%, or 402 of the 2,340 intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and 20 percent, or 3,917 of the 19,607 non-ICU beds, were occupied by Covid-19 admissions.

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