The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated on Friday that each one insurance policies applied throughout the top of the COVID-19 pandemic had been for the “good of the public.”
“The DOH… takes this opportunity to reaffirm that all regulations and policies implemented during the pandemic were enacted with the utmost consideration for the common good,” the DOH mentioned in an announcement.
This comes after the Supreme Court dismissed a number of petitions towards COVID-19 rules issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) and different nationwide authorities businesses for violation of the hierarchy of courts.
Among these had been IATF Resolution 148-B which orders institutions to require their eligible on-site workers to take RT-PCR exams each two weeks at their very own expense.
The petitioners had argued that the issuances violated their proper to life and liberty with out due technique of legislation, constituted an impartment of their proper to journey, and infringed on the equal safety clause.
However, the Supreme Court mentioned the petitions ought to have been filed earlier than a decrease courtroom.
The DOH, in the meantime, prolonged its gratitude to the SC for the favorable ruling.
The Health Department additionally continued to remind the general public in regards to the significance of COVID-19 vaccines.
“Scientific evidence unequivocally demonstrates that vaccines, coupled with the meticulous implementation of multiple layers of protection, have played an instrumental role in guiding our successful journey toward overcoming the challenges posted by the pandemic,” it mentioned.
As of July 12, the Philippines has recorded a complete of 4,168,722 COVID-19 circumstances, of which 6,132 stay energetic whereas 66,499 have handed away.
In May, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 is not a world well being emergency.
In the Philippines, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa earlier mentioned that solely a proper order from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is required to carry the COVID-19 public well being emergency within the nation. —Joahna Lei Casilao/ VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
