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.
In a Palace briefing, Galvez said countries where the Covid-19 jabs come from are conducting massive vaccination campaigns, so they are restricting exports.
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.
"Hangga't parehong mga tao ang namamahala sa pandemic response, parehong resulta lang din ang makukuha natin. We need better leadership. We need health experts who will carry out scientific, evidence-based solutions. We need competent and empathetic medical professionals to get us through this crisis," Hontiveros said.
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.