(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has lifted the state of public health emergency nationwide, more than three years after his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte declared it because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement on Saturday announcing the President's order, Malacañang said, however, that all emergency use authorizations (EUAs) that had been issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the remaining vaccines will be in effect for another year.

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