A vendor of Christmas ornaments keeps his mask on his chin to smoke a cigaratte at a market amid the coronavirus pandemic in Quezon City, October 14, 2020. Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) recently released its guidelines on holiday celebrations to protect Filipinos from being exposed to COVID-19.
Under DOH Circular No. 2020-0355, the health department encouraged limited and shortened period of face-to-face activities, but discouraged traveling to places with higher quarantine classification and vice versa, as well as prohibiting buffet-style food service and sharing household items during celebrations.
Below is the full text of the DOH circular:
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DOH holiday celebrations guidelines, Public health guidelines, Christmas, New Year