COVID-19 News
Sector-specific plans, sharing of practices boost Covid-19 fight
By Lade Jean Kabagani
MANILA – The member agencies of the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases are formulating sector-specific plans, strategies, and targets to intensify the country’s response to the coronavirus disease (Civid-19) crisis, a ranking official said.
National Task Force (NTF) Covid-19 chief implementer and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (PNA)
National Task Force (NTF) Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., also the presidential peace adviser, said local government units (LGUs) were given a directive to facilitate regional and provincial cooperation to better contain the spread of Covid-19.
the Covid-19 health event.”
Under IATF Resolution No. 25, he said, new guidelines for the implementation of quarantine measures will “adopt a national-government-enabled, LGUled, and people-centered response to
Galvez said the resolution stated that the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) are tasked to enter a data-sharing agreement (DSA)
“With this new directive, LGUs can exchange ideas, plans, and strategies on effective ways to prevent the spread of the Covid-19, or it could be by sharing LGUs’ best practices,” he said in a virtual press briefing on Tuesday.
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