{"id":250040,"date":"2020-03-26T18:57:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250040"},"modified":"2020-03-26T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T02:07:44","slug":"galvez-named-chief-implementer-of-natl-policy-vs-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/26\/galvez-named-chief-implementer-of-natl-policy-vs-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Galvez named chief implementer of nat\u2019l policy vs. Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. at the San Beda University in Manila. (Photo courtesy of OPPAP via PIA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. as chief implementer of the country\u2019s national policy against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther to the declaration of a State of Public Health Emergency and State of Calamity throughout the Philippines due to the Covid-19 situation, please be informed that the President has designated Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. as the Chief Implementer of the Philippines\u2019 declared national policy against Covid-19, effective immediately,\u201d stated in a memorandum issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, by order of the President, on March 24.<\/p>\n

Galvez will be tasked to ensure strict compliance and adherence of both the public and private sector to guidelines and protocols issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n

He will also be in charge of protecting and promoting the safety and welfare of the public at all times and ensure the efficient and expeditious distribution of government assistance to the public, especially citizens in most need.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced that Duterte has \u201capproved in principle\u201d the National Action Plan (NAP) drafted by the IATF-EID to curb the spread of the highly-infectious disease.<\/p>\n

Under the NAP, the IATF-EID will serve as the policy-making body of the operations, while the National Task Force (NTF) Covid-19 will act as the operational command.<\/p>\n

Nograles said this is meant to ease the IATF-EID\u2019s burden, and streamline operations in minimizing the risk of catching and spreading Covid-19<\/p>\n

The plan provides that the conduct of operations against Covid-19 pandemic when it comes to human resource, logistics, and finance should also be sustained.<\/p>\n

It also seeks the mitigation of consequences and impact of Covid-19 pandemic to the \u201csocial, economic, and personal security of the Filipino people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NTF Covid-19 would be composed of task groups on response operations, resource management and logistics, and strategic communications, Nograles said.<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was designated to lead the IATF\u2019s National Task Force to address the threat of Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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