'No one is still safe': Duterte reminds Filipinos as country's pandemic situation improves

President Rodrigo Duterte interacts with key government officials prior to holding a meeting with them at the Malacañan Palace on Feb. 14, 2022.

Presidential photo / King Rodriguez

MANILA, Philippines — As the pandemic situation in the Philippines improves, President Rodrigo Duterte reminded the public that no one is still safe from COVID-19 so everyone should get vaccinated and observe health and safety protocols.

Duterte noted that the country has not yet achieved herd immunity, defined by the World Health Organization as the indirect protection from an infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection.

"We do not have herd immunity yet... The COVID is here and it can afflict everybody. No one is still safe... Wear a mask, and listen to what (the) government says. And for those who are not yet vaccinated, please get vaccinated," Duterte said during a public address last Monday.

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