​REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

​INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE

FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

​RESOLUTION NO. 30
Series of 2020
April 29, 2020

RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO THE MANAGEMENT

OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) SITUATION

WHEREAS, on April 20, 2020, the IATF adopted the policy of utilizing rapid test kits
to test and manage all incoming repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers;

WHEREAS, on April 22, 2020, the IATF instructed the Sub-Task Group for the
Repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to issue omnibus protocols governing the
aand surveillance of repatriated land-based and sea-based OFWs upon arrival and after the
completion of the mandated quarantine period;

WHEREAS, on April 27, 2020, the IATF directed the National Task Force (NTF)
COVID-19 to explore the utilization of Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
(RT-PCR) tests for OFW returning from high-risk jurisdictions.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, that the IATF approves

the following:

A. The IATF formally recommends for the approval and confirmation of the President the
Omnibus Guidelines for the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the
Philippines, which shall apply to all regions, provinces, cities, or areas placed under
General or Enhanced Community Quarantine, and without prejudice to amendment,
revision, or modification.

B. The following geographic areas, including all provinces, highly-urbanized cities (HUCs),
independent component cities (ICCs), component cities (CCs), and municipalities
situated therein, shall be placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine from the period
of May 1, 12:01 AM, up to May 15, 11:59 PM;

1. The National Capital Region;

2. Region III (Central Luzon), except Aurora;
3. Region IV-A (CALABARZON);
4. Pangasinan;
5. Benguet,
6. Iloilo,
7. Cebu,
8. The City of Bacolod; and
9. The City of Davao.
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C. A special batch of around two hundred (200) Overseas Filipinos (OFs) from Milan, Italy
shall be subjected to RT-PCR test upon arrival. Those who test negative shall be
exempted from the requirement of facility-based quarantine, and shall be allowed to
proceed to their respective destinations and undergo a mandatory fourteen-day home
quarantine;

D. The NTF COVID-19 Chief Implementer is hereby authorized to exercise discretion in

utilizing RT-PCR or rapid antibody test kits to facilitate the speedy management or
processing of more or less sixteen thousand (16,000) OFWs who are currently in
quarantine facilities, and arriving foreign nationals;

E. All arriving non-OFWs shall be managed in accordance with the updated algorithm for
the triage and management of repatriated OFWs from high-risk or other jurisdictions
issued by the Department of Health and the Bureau of Quarantine;

F. Paragraph (B) of the Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution No. 29, s. 2020 is hereby
amended as follows:

x x x

Beginning 16 May 2020, all decisions to impose, lift, or extend a

community quarantine in provinces, highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) and
independent component cities (ICCs) shall rest with the IATF.

This notwithstanding, provincial governors shall be authorized to impose,

lift, or extend ECQ in component cities (CCs) and municipalities upon the
concurrence of the relevant regional counterpart body of the IATF. Local
Chief Executives of cities and municipalities are authorized to impose, lift,
or extend, ECQ in barangays, upon the concurrence of the relevant
regional counterpart body of the IATF. This is without prejudice to the
authority of the IATF to directly impose, lift, or extend ECQ in these areas
should circumstances call for it.

No LGU shall declare its own community quarantine, regardless of

nomenclature, without observing the foregoing procedure.

x x x
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APPROVED ​during the 30th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting, ​as reflected in the
minutes of the meeting, held this​ ​29th of April, 2020 ​via​ video conference.

FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III KARLO ALEXEI B. NOGRALES

Secretary, Department of Health Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Cabinet Secretary
IATF Chairperson IATF Co-Chairperson
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CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that:

1. I am presently an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health;

2. I am the designated Head of the Secretariat of the Inter-Agency Task Force

(IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases created under
Executive Order No. 168, series of 2014 and chaired by the Department of
Health (DOH);

3. The IATF Secretariat holds office in the DOH Main Office, San Lazaro
Compound, Tayuman, Sta. Cruz, Manila;

4. I am the custodian of the records of the IATF, including the Minutes of

Meetings and Resolutions;

5. In the Regular Meeting of the IATF held on _________ via teleconference

during which a quorum was present and acted throughout, IATF Resolution
No. ____ was unanimously approved and adopted;

6. The foregoing resolution has been signed by Secretary Francisco T. Duque III
and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles upon authority of the IATF
Members;

7. The aforesaid resolution has not been altered, modified nor revoked and the
same is now in full force and effect;

8. I am executing this Certification for whatever legitimate purpose this may

serve.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this ____ day of April
2020, Manila.

KENNETH G. RONQUILLO, MD, MPHM

Assistant Secretary, Department of Health
Secretariat Head, IATF