We wish to assure our countrymen that the Office of the President is providing the needed funds of the DOH, DOST and UP Manila’s National Institutes of Health in the production of the diagnostic kits for the COVID-19 tests.

The LGUs can impose curfew within their territories if an ordinance is passed imposing it. In the meantime, the Metro Manila Mayors’ recommendation to impose a curfew in Metro Manila is subject to the approval of the President. The President has yet to consider it.

Following the issuance of the Office of the President of the Memorandum which contains the directives and guidelines relative to the community quarantine imposed in the National Capitol Region (NCR), the Palace stresses that non-essential entry into and exit from the said region is restricted and prevented, respectively.

For purposes of clarity, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has agreed that, aside from the President, only the Presidential Spokesperson and the Secretary of Health may announce or discuss the general policies and guidelines pertaining to the issuances and directives of the Philippine Government in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.

Matapos ang masusing pagsusuri ng Tanggapan ng Pangulo sa mga direktiba at panuntunang inihanda ng Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, si Kalihim Tagapagpaganap Salvador C Medialdea, sa atas ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte, ay nag-isyu ng Memorandum para sa mga punò ng kagawaran, ahensiya, tanggapan at instrumentalidad ng pamahalaan, government-owned or controlled corporations, government financial institutions, at state universities and colleges, at pati na ang mga lokal na Read More

After a thorough review of the Office of the President of the directives and guidelines crafted by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea, by order of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, issued a Memorandum addressed to heads of departments, agencies, offices and instrumentalities of the government, government-owned or controlled corporations, government financial institutions and state universities and colleges, as well as local government Read More

Members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) met yesterday, March 13, to provide guidelines for the proper implementation of the emergency but temporary directives which are intended to address the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.

This is to officially announce that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Senator Christopher Lawrence T. Go also tested negative for the said virus.

The Palace wishes to inform the public that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has been apprised by our health officials about the decision to raise the Code Alert System for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country to Code Red Sublevel 2.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases convened this morning, March 12, and its members came into an agreement to adopt a resolution containing the implementation of measures intended to contain the spread of the coronavirus, as proposed by a Technical Advisory Group led by Dr. Edsel Salvana, which will be submitted to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte later today.