DOH urges Marcos to certify disease control center bill as urgent

The Department of Health asked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the passage of bill seeking the creation of the Philippine Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. | JEMendozaINQ

Once signed into law, the CDC bill will be the legal basis for the unfettered implementation of the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program and response for other future public health emergencies without the

need to declare a state of calamity., creating the country’s version of a Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.The call for the swift passage of the CDC bill comes after Marcos said he is “very, very hesitant”

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