Around the world, balancing lives and livelihoods has been a difficult challenge throughout the coronavirus pandemic. In certain countries where COVID vaccination has started, governments are being forced to restore mobility restrictions including curfews and business shutdowns as a more infectious variant of the COVID virus is detected.
This variant, first detected in the United Kingdom, is now in the Philippines, raising concern among health experts and those tracking COVID transmission. The concern has been heightened by the decision of the government, announced last Friday, to allow children from 10 to 14 years old to go out of their homes.
This story is from the January 24, 2021 edition of The Philippine Star.
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