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MANILA - The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is studying the possibility of lifting the current policy on the use of face shields in the country, Malacanang said on Tuesday. In an online press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the significant drop in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases might persuade the IATF-EID to withdraw the requirement of wearing a face shield on top of a face mask. "I can confirm po na habang bumababa ang mga numero, eh pinag-uusapan na rin po kung ipagpapatuloy pa ang pagsusuot ng face shields (I can confirm that while the number [of Covid-19] infections continue to decline, we are discussing whether it is still necessary to wear face shields)," Roque, also acting as IATF-EID spokesperson, said. On Monday, the Philippines logged just 3,117 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total case count in the country to 2,790,375. There are 43,185 active Covid-19 cases, 2,703,914 ....
MANILA - Bargain hunting lifted the Philippines' main stocks gauge on Tuesday and the peso managed to close the day sideways against the US dollar. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.56 percent, or 40.56 points, to 7,252.10 points. Also, All Shares jumped by 0.44 percent, or 19.68 points, to 4,456.52 points. The majority of the sectoral indexes tracked the main index led by the Services, 1.90 percent and was followed by the Industrial, 1 percent; Financials, 0.52 percent; Mining and Oil, 0.48 percent; and Holding Firms, 0.35 percent. Only the Property index finished the day on the red after it slipped by 1.23 percent. Volume remains thin at 834.55 million amounting to PHP6.43 billion. Decliners again led advancers at 110 to 89 while 52 shares were unchanged. "Philippine shares rebounded on bargain hunting as investors digested new earnings from index names, with BDO and MER being the latest to report while awaiting the next batch companies reporting," Lu ....