NOW: Palace Briefing with Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque
Pres. Spox. Roque: As of 11am po ay nanatili ang lakas ng Bagyong Quinta at ngayon ay nasa Mindoro strait
Pres. Spox. Roque: Tropical cyclone wind signal no. 3 ang naka-impose po sa northwestern portion of Occidental Mindoro (Abra de Ilog, Mamburao, Paluan) including Lubang Island.
Pres. Spox. Roque: Tropical cyclone wind signal no. 2 naman po ang naka-impose sa Oriental Mindoro, the rest of Occidental Mindoro, Calamian Islands, Batangas at extreme northern portion of Antique
Pres. Spox. Roque: Inaasahan na mag-e-exit si Quinta sa PAR bukas ng umaga
Pres. Spox. Roque: As of Oct. 25, ang DSWD ay mayroon na pong stockpiles, kasama na ang food packs at standby funds amounting to more than Php 890,596,116.79
Pres. Spox. Roque on preparedness measures for rainy season: Una, dapat ay science at evidence-based ang decision. Kinakailangan konsultahin ang PAGASA, DOH, at iba pang ahensya para malaman ang imminent risks ng LGU
Pres. Spox. Roque: Inabisuhan ang lokal na pamahalaan na i-anticipate at maging handa sa epekto ng tag-ulan sa vital facilties.
Pres. Spox. Roque: Inaabisuhan ang mga lokal na pamahalaan na taasan ang kanilang kakayahan na mag-stockpile ng pagkain at non-food items para sa response operations tuwing tag-ulan.
Pres. Spox. Roque: The Philippine Stock Exchange, according to the report of Bloomberg, climbed for a fifth straight day last Friday, making it the biggest among 90 global equity indexes
Pres. Spox. Roque says global COVID-19 case count is now at 42,912,830 with 1,152,729 fatalities. The US has the highest count with 8.6 million confirmed cases
Pres. Spox. Roque: Pumalo na sa 4,308,007 ang mga indibidwal na na-test natin sa pamamagitan ng RT-PCR
Dr. Bravo: This is as of Oct. 20, there are now above 200 vaccines under development in the whole world.
Dr. Bravo: Right now, out of that there are 156 na wala pa sa human trial. Nandoon pa lang sila sa laboratoryo. Ibig sabihin noon pwedeng sa animal sila gumagawa ng vaccine trial
Dr. Bravo: Phase 1 means talagang iisa-isahin mo. Talagang titingnan mo. Metikuloso ka na talagang wala kang makikitang sakit na maaring makita sa subject kapag 'yan ay binigay
Dr. Bravo: Kapag tintiignan mo na sa Phase 2, chine-check mo na rin ang dugo nila kung magkakaroon ka ng antibodies
Dr. Bravo: Kapag nakita nilang maganda ang resulta, safe ang vaccine at walang adverse effect tapos ang bakuna ay nakapagdulot ng magagandang lebel ng antibodies pupunta na 'yan ngayon sa Phase 3
Dr. Bravo on phase 3 of trials: Medyo matagal ito, from 6 months to 1 year ang duration.
Dr. Bravo: Mayroon tayong standard procedures in place for conducting trials here. Ang final approval ng ating mga trials ay nasa FDA
Dr. Bravo:The safety of the volunteers must be paramount
Dr. Bravo: Through the 2 years period, ang nangyari ay nagkaroon tayo ng tinatawag na vaccine hesitancy. Tayo rito sa parte ng Asia ang nagkaroon ng biggest vaccine hesitancy.
Dr. Bravo: Hindi pwedeng mangyari 'yun na in-approve ng China pero hindi in-approve ng sarili nating FDA. Before it becomes available, our own FDA must check the details.
Dr. Bravo: Ang tinitingnan nga natin o ina-anticipate natin ay baka next year ay hindi pa tayo makakuha ng tamang bakuna na gusto nating ibigay sa mga Pilipino.
Dr. Bravo on vaccine hesitancy: Nag-umpisa iyan sa Dengvaxia... Ang Dengvaxia ay isang magandang bakuna na dumaan sa mga proseso at walang namatay noong nasa vaccine trial ang Dengvaxia. Dumating iyan sa Pilipinas as a good vaccine, pero alam niyo na ang nangyari.
Pres. Spox. Roque: Ang DOJ opinion says walang impediment na makipagkasundo ang PhilHealth sa PNRC to provide delivery of health services kagaya ng COVID testing.
Pres. Spox. Roque quotes DOJ on payment to PRC billings: "As regard to query on whether the PHIC is legally obligated to immediately pay the PRC billings, we regret that we cannot give an opinion on the matter since there are no facts given on which we can base our opinion..."
Pres. Spox. Roque: He is in Davao. We will not be able to join the President because the airports of Davao were closed to all incoming flights. We will proceed with our meeting with him via Zoom
Pres. Spox. Roque: Inaasahan pa rin pong magre-report ang ilang miyembro ng gabinete lalong-lalo na po sa quarantine classifications
Pres. Spox. Roque: I can confirm that at 10AM today, the IATF started their meeting.
Pres. Spox. Roque: PhilHealth as a member of the executive branch of government should legally heed the opinion of the DOJ
Pres. Spox. Roque on vaccine czar: Alam niyo po the suggestion is very well-taken. Two months ago I recall na si Presidente ay may itinalagang vaccine czar
Pres. Spox. Roque: Kaya lang 'yung naitalagang vaccine czar ay hesitant when I asked him if I could remind the public that he has been designated as vaccine czar kasi baka hindi na raw naalala ni Presidente. So he would like to wait for the President to make the announcement anew
Pres. Spox. Roque on cold storage: Opo. The ball is rolling. Ang DOH naman po ay may sapat na kakayahan at track records sa pagdi-distribute po ng mga bakuna
Pres. Spox. Roque: The President has spoken through Sec. Delfin Lorenzana when he warned both police and military authorities to be very careful in red-tagging
Pres. Spox. Roque: Ang suggestion nga ni Sec. Lorenzana ay no need to publicize ang suspected communist. Just do their job without publicity. Keep quiet.
Pres. Spox. Roque on appeal to resume dragon boat training: Ang advice ko sa kanila ay sumulat formally sa IATF at aaktuhan naman ito. Ire-refer ito sa TWG at magkakaroon ng decision.
Pres. Spox. Roque: Lahat po nang napro-procure sa taong ito ay lahat po 'yan ay nasa drawing board. Itong pambili ng transportasyon ng DepEd ay 2016 pa po 'yan na identify na pangangailangan ng DepEd at ngayon lang po nabili pero 'yan po ay included sa 2019 budget
Pres. Spox. Roque on PRRD's wish to be vaccinated next week: It's generally an expression of frustration like the rest of the country na hindi na siya makahintay hanggang Abril.
Pres. Spox. Roque: The context was we were discussing the possible approval in China of the first vacuum which even without approval is being used in the military and the frontliners in China.
Pres. Spox. Roque: As we speak, the DOH is in consultation with 8 private labs with equivalent capacity to the testing being done by Philippine Red Cross and they were all assured by PhilHealth that funds are there.
Pres. Spox. Roque on payment to Red Cross: Sabi nga ng DOJ opinion, this is subject to "completeness of the requirements and compliance with accounting and auditing rules and procedures." There's no other way out.
Pres. Spox. Roque on vaccine preparations: Financing has long been in place, so tapos na iyong usapin na iyan. Pagdating sa cold storage ay siempre DOH pa rin ang mayroong lead diyan.
Pres. Spox. Roque: Alam niyo po mayroong maximum period where we can impose price freeze which is 60 days upon the declaration of calamity emergency and other circumstances
Pres. Spox. Roque: Hindi naman po pwedeng i-impose ito paulit-ulit maski na-extend na ang declaration of state of emergency noong Setyembre
Pres. Spox. Roque: We're willing to pay 50% right now. Ang pagkakaintindi ko po ayaw pumayag ng PNRC until it is full payment but if they accept 50% right now, ibabayad po sa kanila ang 50% pero siyempre po ituloy ang testing
Pres. Spox. Roque on PBA bubble: The bubble is still intact po. It just so happen pero manageable naman po ang situation, so tuloy pa rin po 'yan
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