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Outside of Modified ECQ areas, all other areas in the country under GCQ (Eagle News) – Starting tomorrow, May 16, all areas in the country are now all under community quarantine protocols, with the extreme being the “enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)” followed by “modified ECQ,” and the areas with less restrictions being under “general community quarantine.” The country enters a “new normal” starting tomorrow with minimum health standards to be followed to prevent a […]
Entire PHL back to being under community quarantine protocols (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the “green zones” where quarantine had been supposedly lifted by May 16 as announced on Tuesday, May 12, will go back to being under quarantine protocols and classified as “Modified General Commnity Quarantine” areas. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this clarification in a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, following the presentation made by Interior and Local […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that private schools can still open in June if they would want to, provided there would be no face-to-face interaction among students and teachers. “Pagbukas ng klase sa private school ay pupuwedeng mas maaga sa Hunyo pero wala pa pong face-to-face hanggang Agosto 24, 2020,” the Palace spokesperson said in a Laging Handa press briefing on Saturday, May 9. But Roque stressed that the school opening as […]
Areas to remain under ECQ after May 15 to be selected with “surgical” precision (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that areas in Metro Manila which have high incidence of COVID-19 would most likely continue to be under the enhanced community quarantine after May 15. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque stressed that although there has been no agreement yet by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on what areas would remain under […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a P30,000 reward for any information on officials involved in irregularities in the distribution of financial assistance to communities. The President made the announcement as he slammed a barangay councilor from Agustin in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Danilo Flores, for allegedly pocketing money from aid beneficiaries. “Yung mga mayors naman, kindly look into the people that you have commissioned to do the distribution sa pera. Kagaya nitong [Flores]. P***** i** nagkuha […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has approved the inclusion of the province of Albay and Zamboanga City in the areas under enhanced community quarantine as had been earlier recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque earlier said that the IATF had already forwarded this recommendation to President Rodrigo Duterte. The local officials of Albay and Zamboanga City have earlier asked for an ECQ in their areas because […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that religious and work gatherings are still prohibited under the general community quarantine that took effect today, Friday, May 1, until May 15. This was after the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) recalling its earlier announcement that it was allowing religious and work gatherings as long as there is a strict physical distancing of at least two meters between those attending such events. […]
Roque appeals for public’s understanding as decision put on hold until further study (Eagle News Service) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) would still further study the earlier announced decision allowing the holding of religious gatherings provided that there is a two-meter physical distancing between attendees. Roque said that this revision of protocols for areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) is put on hold for […]
(Eagle News) – There are now more than 3,000 quarantine facilities that have been set up in the country, as the government further ramped up efforts to increase isolation centers for mild and suspect cases of COVID-19. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that at least 3.052 quarantine facilities with 211,474 beds have been established nationwide as of April 18. “This does not include the mega quarantine facilities or We Heal as One Centers such […]
(Eagle News)–The identification cards issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases are still valid in checkpoints. The Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday, April 21, that this was “notwithstanding the government’s transition from IATF-IDs to RapidPass” as there was “yet any issuance on the cancellation/revocation of IATF-IDs.” The RapidPass, which only has to be scanned, was earlier launched to decongest checkpoints. The DICT, however, encouraged all […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases may submit its recommendations on the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to President Rodrigo Duterte on April 25. In an interview over ANC, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said this was after the IATF meeting on Monday. “So we are going to take into considerations whatever the recommendations and conclusions what they will present tomorrow,” he said. Earlier, Año said the President would meet with […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases backed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid the call of 14 senators for him to resign. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, IATF spokesperson, said it was Duque, after all, who paved the way for the implementation of key measures against the coronavirus disease 2019, which has so far afflicted over 5000 people in the country. Nograles said Duque gave reports without sugarcoating, which led […]
