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SALIENT POINTS OF THE JULY 15 PRRD ADDRESS TO THE NATION: A thread 🇵🇭👊

-QUARANTINE UPDATE-
✅MECQ: Cebu City
✅GCQ: NCR, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Ormoc City, S. Leyte, Zamboanga City, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Basilan, Talisay, Minglanilla, Consolacion
✅MGCQ: Rest of the Philippines

QUARANTINE UPDATE (MGCQ):
✅CAR: Benguet, Baguio City
✅Region 1: Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Dagupan City
✅Region 2: Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya
✅Region 3: Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Zambales, Angeles City

QUARANTINE UPDATE (MGCQ):
✅Region 4A: Batangas, Quezon, Lucena City
✅Region 4B: OrMindoro, OccMindoro, Puerto Princesa City
✅Region 5: Albay, Masbate, CamNorte, CamSur, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Naga City
✅Region 6: Iloilo, NegOcc, Capiz, Antique, Aklan, Guimaras, Iloilo City

QUARANTINE UPDATE (MGCQ):
✅Region 6: Bacolod City
✅Region 7: NegOr, Bohol, Cebu Province
✅Region 8: W. Samar, Leyte, Biliran, Tacloban City
✅Region 9: Zamboanga del Sur/Sibugay/del Norte
✅Region 10: MisamisOcc, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, CDO, Iligan City

QUARANTINE UPDATE (MGCQ):
✅Region 11: Davao Oriental/del Norte/del Sur/de Oro, Davao City
✅Region 12: Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, GenSan City
✅BARMM: Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao

✅Areas not mentioned in any quarantine status will be under "low risk classification."

✅CHED Chair De Vera: Skill-based subjects or those requiring laboratories/OJTs will be moved to the second semester
✅De Vera: CHED is still crafting policy on school closures due to pandemic
✅DepEd Sec Briones discusses about Blending Learning policy

✅Briones: Schools can adjust to the situation for learners to continue learning
✅Briones: Malaki ang epekto ng economy sa patuloy ng pag-aaral ng mga bata
✅CHED, DepEd, DILG urged to create a coordinating body to centralize policies for opening of classes

✅Briones states that there is already existing structure for opening of classes that can be adjusted to the situation
✅Briones emphasizes need for water facilities in schools
✅Sec. Galvez discussed about subjecting students staying at dormitories to COVID tests

✅UP Prof. Rye: ECQ will work again in NCR, but this is only option 2, with option 1 being GCQ
✅Prof. Rye thanks PRRD of giving the UP team the chance to present their study
✅Sec. Roque: UP team suggested NCR to go back to MECQ but NCR mayors successfully appealed to IATF

Those are the salient points for the JULY 15 PRRD ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.

Let's follow the existing health guidelines. The slowing down and eventual decline in COVID cases will depend on our cooperation.

Remember, we will #HealAsOne and #BeatCOVID19! 🇵🇭👊