Malacañang still has not responded to the Department of Health’s request to extend the state of calamity in the country declared by the previous administration due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the department said. | zacariansINQ
“And coming from there, from his statement, we are already preparing in parallel so that we can continue on with the other things we do for this response,” she added.Vergeire also said that the DOH has already discussed during a meeting last December the implications and the options the national government can take if the state of calamity will not be extended.
Both the DOH and the national government have also determined that implementing the vaccination against COVID-19 will not be interrupted even if the state of calamity will not be extended. “Ayon sa mga pag aaral and pag uusap during that time lumabas din naman na as according sa law, hindi mapuputol ang pagpapatupad ng pagbabakuna dahil meron tayong one year validity after the seizing of the state of calamity na pwede pang magamit ang bakuna under EUA ,” said Vergeire.
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