{"id":252978,"date":"2020-04-23T04:58:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T08:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252978"},"modified":"2020-04-23T04:58:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T08:58:34","slug":"iatf-okays-free-hotel-accommodation-for-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/23\/iatf-okays-free-hotel-accommodation-for-health-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"IATF okays free hotel accommodation for health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Quezon City sanitation front-liners manning the temporary shelters at the Quezon Memorial Circle put on their personal protective equipment on Tuesday (April 7, 2020). (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the proposed free hotel accommodations for medical front-liners treating coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the country, Malaca\u00f1ang said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the IATF-EID directed the Department of Tourism (DOT) to help health workers find a hotel that will serve as their temporary shelter amid the country\u2019s fight against Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cInaatasan ng<\/em>\u00a0inter-agency\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0Department of Tourism\u00a0na mag-bigay po ng<\/em>\u00a0hotel rooms\u00a0kung saan pwedeng tumira ang ating<\/em>\u00a0health workers,\u00a0ang ating<\/em>\u00a0front-liners (The inter-agency is directing the Department of Tourism to provide hotel rooms where our health workers, our front-liners can stay),\u201d Roque said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was tasked to make an inventory of available hotel rooms for health workers, Roque said.<\/p>\n

The latest move came since mass public transportation has been suspended in the entire Luzon following the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).<\/p>\n

In March, the IATF-EID ordered the Department of Transportation to provide free shuttle services to health workers during the ECQ period.<\/p>\n

Roque said medical workers deserve to get free temporary housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cNapakaliit na bagay naman po ito na ibibigay natin sa ating mga<\/em>\u00a0front-liner\u00a0dahil sa kanilang sakripisyo<\/em>\u00a0(Providing front-liners a hotel accommodation is just a small thing compared to their sacrifices),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said the IATF-EID also tasked the National Task Force\u2019s Task Group for Resource Management and Logistics to compile the logistical requirements for health and emergency front-liners.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health reported Wednesday that some 1,062 health workers in the country have contracted Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Roque said the government would ensure the strict enforcement of infectious operational protocols to protect healthcare workers in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalagang nababahala po ang gobyerno dahil kung tuluyang magkakasakit ang mga<\/em>\u00a0front-liner\u00a0natin, sino po ang mag-aalaga sa atin<\/em>\u00a0(The government is really alarmed because if all of our front-liners get infected with Covid-19, who would take care of us)?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said the government would ramp up the production of personal protective equipment to make sure that medical front-liners are safe from the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n

He added that the government would hire more healthcare personnel to reduce the risk of medical front-liners of getting Covid-19.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, the Philippines has 6,710 confirmed Covid-19 infections, with 446 fatalities and 693 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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