President Rodrigo Duterte thumbed down the proposal of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to resume face-to-face classes so as not to endanger the lives of students and teachers, a Palace official said.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. bared that the President wanted to wait for the vaccine rollout, expected to start this month, before allowing in-person classes.

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