People buy meat from a vendor in a market in Rosario, Pasig City on August 21, 2021. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE
THE Department of Health sees no need for wider and more stringent lockdowns to curb the spread of Covid-19, pushing instead granular restrictions, shortened detection and isolation and intensified tracing.
It issued the statement after infectious diseases expert and author Dr. William Haseltine told The Manila Times in an exclusive interview that for the Philippines to be the "next New Zealand," it has to be "draconian" in its measures, including a three-week strict lockdown.