The Department of Health (DOH) has asked the Office of the President (OP) to further extend the state of calamity in the Philippines due to COVID-19, which is set to expire on Dec. 31, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said Tuesday. “We already submitted our memo to the President, requesting the extension of the state of calamity in consideration of the fact that the CDC bill was not enacted on time,” she said, referring to the proposed measure creating the country’ Center for Disease Prevention and Control. She said they were just waiting for an official response from the Office…