Taking on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s challenge to find a cure for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), several institutions led by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have announced their research efforts aimed at helping treat symptoms, or finding a cure for COVID-19.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has approved the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other high-risk areas up to May 15, 2020 based on the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) on Thursday, April 23, recommended to maintain the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region, Region III, Region IV-A and all other high-risk areas up to May 15. Provinces considered high-risk in Region III include Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Zambales, and Pampanga.  High-risk provinces in Region IV-A are Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon.  Oriental Read More

The President is set to decide on the extension or possible lifting or modification of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) based on the recommendations of medical experts and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte met with former secretaries of the Department of Health (DOH) and other medical experts yesterday, April 20, to listen to their recommendations on what to do after April 30, or the last day of the extended Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).

The Palace announced on Monday that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will meet later in the day with medical specialists and experts in a bid to arrive at a decision on the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon, that was initially extended up to April 30.

Five weeks into the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) over the whole of Luzon, Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, in his April 16 media briefing, reminded the mayors and governors of local government units (LGUs) to follow the President’s order of strictly enforcing the ECQ in their own respective localities.

Malacanang announced that some 3.4 million middle class workers in the formal sector, or those employed by small businesses or by micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), will benefit from a wage subsidy program that will be implemented by the Philippine government in light of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation.

Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, in his media briefing on April 14, announced President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s approval of programs to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to cope with the health crisis.

The Palace joins President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the whole Christian community in the observance of Easter Sunday.