On Thursday, a lawmaker in the House of Representatives emphasized the importance of enacting a general law that protects all vaccinated individuals from those who refuse to receive the Covid-19 vaccines.
Although there is no cure for Covid-19, health, pharmacy, and medical experts have devised a treatment plan that includes the use of some medications and therapeutics that are medically approved for the treatment of Covid-19.
House Bill 8626 or the proposed Bayanihan 3 bill aims to assist businesses, distressed households, the unemployed, etc., by giving cash aid or ayuda regardless of economic status. The bill is expected to be approved with a P420 billion budget.
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to designate Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez as overall Covid-19 crisis manager to make the government’s response more holistic and coordinated.
Marikina City Rep. Stella Quimbo said high unemployment has persisted throughout the pandemic, noting that the reimposed enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) puts workers at even greater risk and takes away the pay of the 5.25 million no work, no pay workers in affected areas.
The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the Covid-19 IATF-EID to establish a unified national contact tracing protocol to ensure a more effective health emergency data monitoring system in the country.
Rep. Jose Singson Jr. of Party-list Probinsiyano Ako heads the call to modify the minimum age to smoke from the current legal age of 18 to 21 years old. The bill is planned to be deliberated and passed before the start of the May 2022 elections.
The House of Representatives has declared work suspension until Wednesday amid the upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the country, particularly in the National Capital Region.