President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifted the state of public health emergency imposed throughout the country due to COVID-19.
The presidency said in a statement issued today that it was decided to cancel all previous orders and decisions that were in force during the health emergency, stressing that they will have no effect anymore.
Instructions were issued to all agencies to consider their policies, rules, and regulations in relation to the lifting of the state emergency and to amend existing or promulgate new issuances, as they seem appropriate.
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that COVID-9 is no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, but he warned that the Coronavirus has not been defeated, and that it continues to spread around the world.
Source: Qatar News Agency