Wednesday’s tally brought active cases to 160,297, of which 93% had mild illness.

In a briefing, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country registered negative one-week and two-week growth rates.

"In the meantime, there's no problem anyway because either the VaxCert digital certificate or the local vaccination card is accepted by authorities," he added. 

The Bureau of Immigration has increased its on-site work capacity in its Metro Manila offices to 80%, from the previous 30%, as the National Capital Region transitions to looser restrictions under Alert Level 2.

Senator Richard Gordon said on Wednesday that he hopes to get majority of the Senate to support the partial report detailing the blue ribbon committee's investigation about the government's pandemic spending.

Bacolod, Cebu, Iloilo, Lapu Lapu, Mandaue and Ormoc have reproduction numbers ranging from 1.15 to 1.38. 

The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking welcomed the passage of a Senate bill aimed to strengthen the current anti-trafficking laws of the country.

The Senate said it approved a record 166 bills on third reading on Monday, the most number of measures it cleared in a single day in the past ten years.

Ventilation—or the process of bringing fresh air into indoor spaces—can help prevent the spread of COVID-19, which also undergoes airborne transmission.

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