DOH: No travel bans amid COVID-19 surge
Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star
May 22, 2024 | 12:00am
Vendors wait for customers at a market in Manila on May 9, 2024.
AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa
MANILA, Philippines — Despite the emergence of new COVID-19 variants and surging cases in other countries, the Department of Health (DOH) sees no need to impose travel restrictions.
“There is no scientific basis for travel restrictions to any country because of an increase in COVID-19 cases,” the DOH said yesterday.
The DOH assured the public that it continues to track COVID-19 case counts a