CASES of teenage pregnancy could rebound with the return to full face-to-face classes, a population commission official said.

In a recorded video interview with The Manila Times on Thursday, Commission on Population and Development (CPD) Deputy Executive Director Lolito Tacardon said that while adolescent pregnancy cases dropped during the Covid-19 pandemic, these could rise again because "of more lenient interaction among adolescents, with the return of adolescents in schools, and the removal of restrictions when it comes to curfews."

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