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MANILA: Covid-19 transmission scare has not spared “totorot” or the traditional yuletide revelry horn, with the Department of Health discouraging its use as Filipinos prepare to welcome Christmas and the New Year.

In a press briefing for their Christmas campaign on Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III advised in a video message to use other alternatives for firecrackers such as drums and vehicle horns.

Unlike the previous years, the DOH is now discouraging even the use of these alternative noisemakers as the coronavirus can be transferred through them. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said these instruments may cause transfer of saliva.

Titled as ‘Tuloy Ang Paskong Pinoy’, the DOH’s Christmas campaign this year included a sub-campaign addressing the threat of Covid-19 transmission amid the yuletide season, the ‘Bida sa Pagdiriwang’.