The Office of the President (OP) has not yet given a concrete answer as to the Department of Health’s (DOH) proposal to extend the state of calamity in the Philippines due to COVID-19, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said Wednesday.
The Office of the President has not yet given a concrete answer as to the Department of Health’s proposal to extend the state of calamity in the Philippines due to COVID-19, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said Wednesday.
“No categorical and no official response to this request for the extension of the state of calamity. But indirectly, the President already has verbalized in one of his media outings that he is very hesitant to extend the state of calamity,” Vergeire said at a media forum. GMA News Online already contacted the Presidential Communications Office for reaction on the matter but it has yet to respond as of posting time., adding that it was the “wrong mindset” with which to welcome the New Year.
She said the government can still continue with its vaccination program because vaccines with emergency use authorization are granted a one year validity after the ceasing of the state of calamity.Further, Vergeire said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is set to meet on February 1 to discuss the decoupling of the restrictions from the alert levels.
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