The National Capital Region (NCR) remains under the general community quarantine (GCQ) starting today, July 16, until the end of the month per recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), which was approved by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his Talk to the People Address on July 15, placed Cebu City under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting July 16.

COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms and those who are asymptomatic who do not have the ideal home quarantine set up can get in touch with their local government units (LGUs) and have themselves picked up and brought to a quarantine facility through the Oplan Kalinga program.

In a bid to intensify COVID-19 response measures, the Philippine government designated anti-COVID czars to lead each of the components of the government’s COVID-19 strategy, which are testing, tracing, isolation, and treatment. In his July 13 press briefing in Malacañan, Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, Jr. introduced the four anti-COVID czars, namely, Secretary Vivencio “Vince” Dizon as Chief Testing Czar, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong as Chief Tracing Czar, Public Read More

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) yesterday, July 9, adopted through its Resolution No. 53 the recommendations of the National Task Force for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (NTF) to strengthen screening and surveillance activities.

To underscore President Rordrigo Roa Duterte’s position on the gradual reopening of the economy, the Palace on Thursday, July 9, bared some of the government’s programs to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released updated guidelines for barbershops and salons, which allow said establishments to provide other services apart from basic haircutting.

With the record-high of 2,434 COVID-19 cases yesterday, the Palace assures the public that the National Capital Region has enough facilities for COVID-19 patients dismissing reports that hospital beds have run out as fake news.

The Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), in its latest meeting on Thursday, July 2, approved the recommended testing strategy of the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 and its Phase II Action Plan.

The Philippines, under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, had one of the best performing economies prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the Palace assessment of the past four years of PRRD’s presidency, which Secretary Roque articulated in his July 2 press briefing.