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    The document is a resolution from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on December 14, 2020 that makes several decisions around COVID-19 community quarantine classifications and guidelines in the Philippines. Specifically, it: 1) Escalates the province of Isabela to General Community Quarantine until December 31, 2020 based on its risk level. 2) Adopts revised guidelines for international and domestic travelers. 3) Strongly cautions the public around domestic travel during the holiday season and reiterates quarantine protocols. 4) Approves recommendations from the IATF Technical Working Group around resuming insurance exams and national athlete training.

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    The document is a resolution from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on December 14, 2020 that makes several decisions around COVID-19 community quarantine classifications and guidelines in the Philippines. Specifically, it: 1) Escalates the province of Isabela to General Community Quarantine until December 31, 2020 based on its risk level. 2) Adopts revised guidelines for international and domestic travelers. 3) Strongly cautions the public around domestic travel during the holiday season and reiterates quarantine protocols. 4) Approves recommendations from the IATF Technical Working Group around resuming insurance exams and national athlete training.

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    The document is a resolution from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on December 14, 2020 that makes several decisions around COVID-19 community quarantine classifications and guidelines in the Philippines. Specifically, it: 1) Escalates the province of Isabela to General Community Quarantine until December 31, 2020 based on its risk level. 2) Adopts revised guidelines for international and domestic travelers. 3) Strongly cautions the public around domestic travel during the holiday season and reiterates quarantine protocols. 4) Approves recommendations from the IATF Technical Working Group around resuming insurance exams and national athlete training.

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    IATF Resolution 88 RRD

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    The document is a resolution from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on December 14, 2020 that makes several decisions around COVID-19 community quarantine classifications and guidelines in the Philippines. Specifically, it: 1) Escalates the province of Isabela to General Community Quarantine until December 31, 2020 based on its risk level. 2) Adopts revised guidelines for international and domestic travelers. 3) Strongly cautions the public around domestic travel during the holiday season and reiterates quarantine protocols. 4) Approves recommendations from the IATF Technical Working Group around resuming insurance exams and national athlete training.

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    RESOLUTION NO.

    88
    Series of 2020
    December 14, 2020

    WHEREAS, ​on March 16, 2020, to prevent the sharp rise of COVID-19 cases in the
    country, the President placed the entirety of Luzon under Enhanced Community Quarantine until
    April 14, 2020;

    WHEREAS, ​on March 30, 2020, to develop a science-based approach in determining the
    risk-based classification of areas in the country, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) convened a
    sub-Technical Working Group tasked to develop the LGU Epidemic Response Framework and
    to define parameters in assessing recent developments in the Philippine COVID-19 situation;

    WHEREAS​, on April 30, 2020, the Office of the Executive Secretary issued Executive
    Order (E.O.) No. 112 Imposing an Enhanced Community Quarantine in High-Risk Geographic
    Areas of the Philippines and a General Community Quarantine in the Rest of The Country from
    01 To 15 May 2020, Adopting The Omnibus Guidelines On The Implementation Thereof, And
    For Other Purposes;

    WHEREAS​, on May 27, 2020, the IATF released an updated risk classification in all
    Provinces, Highly Urbanized Cities and Independent Component Cities in the country, placing
    localities under different classifications of community quarantine with the goal of balancing
    economic activity and public health;

    WHEREAS, ​on September 16, 2020, the President issued Proclamation No. 1021
    (s.2020) extending the period of the State of Calamity throughout the Philippines due to
    Coronavirus Disease 2019 declared under Proclamation No. 929 (s.2020);

    WHEREAS, ​as of December 13, there are a total of Twenty-One Thousand Nine
    Hundred Eighty (21,980) active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines;

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


    approves the following:

    A. Escalation of the province of Isabela, excluding Santiago City, an Independent


    Component City situated within the province, to General Community Quarantine
    (GCQ) effective immediately and until 31st of December 2020, based on the
    Moderate risk cross-tabulation of the Average Daily Attack Rate (ADAR) and
    2-week Daily Growth Rate (2WGR). The imposition of GCQ in the province is
    without prejudice to the imposition of localized Enhanced Community Quarantine in
    areas of special concern. Further, Coordinated Operations to Defeat the Epidemic

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    Teams assigned in the province is directed to strengthen their activities to curb
    community transmission;

    B. With the updated pathways for inbound international and interzonal domestic
    travelers, the Revised Interim Omnibus Guidelines for Prevention, Detection,
    Isolation, Treatment, and Reintegration Strategies of the Department of Health is
    adopted;

    C. To immediately arrest and control the resurging community transmission of


    COVID-19 cases in the country due to the observance of the holiday season, the
    IATF strongly cautions the public in the conduct of domestic travel and reiterates the
    pertinent provisions of the Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of
    Community Quarantine in the Philippines, as amended, as follows:

    SECTION [4] GUIDELINES FOR AREAS UNDER GENERAL


    COMMUNITY QUARANTINE. Areas placed under GCQ shall observe the
    following protocols:

    1. Minimum public health standards shall be complied with at all


    times for the duration of the GCQ.
    2. The movement of all persons in areas placed under GCQ shall
    be limited to accessing essential goods and services, and for
    work in the offices or industries permitted to operate
    hereunder. Provided, that movement for leisure purposes shall
    not be allowed.

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    12. Mass gatherings such as but not limited to, movie screenings,
    concerts, sporting events, and other entertainment activities,
    community assemblies, and non-essential work gatherings
    shall be prohibited. Gatherings that are for the provision of
    critical government services and authorized humanitarian
    activities while adhering to the prescribed minimum health
    standards shall be allowed. Religious gatherings in areas
    under General Community Quarantine shall be allowed up to
    thirty percent (30%) of the seating capacity. Provided that,
    religious gatherings shall be limited to the conduct of religious
    worship and/or service; Provided further, that there is no
    objection from the local government unit where the religious
    gathering may take place. The religious denominations should
    strictly observe their submitted protocols and the minimum

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    public health standards, particularly the social distancing
    measures and non-pharmaceutical interventions such as the
    obligatory wearing of face masks and immediate availability of
    hand hygiene necessities on the premises.

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    SECTION [5] GUIDELINES FOR AREAS PLACED UNDER MODIFIED


    GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE. Areas placed under MGCQ shall
    observe the following protocols:

    1. Minimum public health standards shall be complied with at all


    times for the duration of the MGCQ.

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    5. Mass gatherings such as but not limited to, movie screenings,


    concerts, sporting events, and other entertainment activities,
    religious services, and work conferences shall be allowed
    provided that participants shall be limited to fifty percent
    (50%) of the seating or venue capacity.

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    Furthermore, in view of its effectiveness in reducing the risk of transmission


    between persons, and the availability of supply and relatively low-cost, the wearing
    of face shields shall henceforth be required whenever persons go out of their
    residences. For this purpose, Paragraph 5, Section 8 of the Omnibus Guidelines on
    the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines shall be amended
    as follows:

    SECTION [8] GENERAL PROVISIONS

    5. All persons are mandated ​to wear full-coverage face shields


    together with face masks, earloop masks, indigenous,
    reusable, or do-it-yourself masks, or other facial protective
    equipment which can effectively lessen the transmission of
    COVID-19, whenever they go out of their residences, pursuant
    to existing guidelines issued by the national government
    subject to fair and humane penalties or punishments that may
    be imposed by LGUs or implemented by law enforcement
    agencies, respectively. LGUs are hereby enjoined to use

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    IATF-endorsed contact tracing and contact monitoring
    applications (StaySafe.ph and TanodCOVID) where they are
    available or use community-based contact tracing and contact
    monitoring. Concerned LGUs are hereby enjoined to issue the
    necessary executive order or ordinance to this effect.

    D. The recommendations of the IATF Technical Working Group are hereby approved,
    the specifics of which are as follows:

    1. Recognizing that the conduct and administration of insurance agents’


    qualifying examinations is a critical government service, the face-to-face
    Insurance Agents’ Qualifying Examinations shall be allowed to resume in
    areas under General Community Quarantine following the health and safety
    protocols as may be prescribed by the Insurance Commission and approved
    by the IATF;
    2. As endorsed by the Philippine Sports Commission, the request of the
    Philippine Olympic Committee to resume the training of national athletes
    vying for the Tokyo Olympics in a “bubble-type” setting is approved. For
    this purpose, the Philippine Sports Commission, the Games and Amusement
    Board, and the Department of Health are directed to amend their issuance
    accordingly. Furthermore, in compliance with IATF Resolution No. 79
    issued on October 15, 2020, the conduct of the training in a “bubble-type”
    setting shall be made in coordination with the Regional Task Force where
    the training shall be conducted and the local government unit with the
    jurisdiction of the proposed venue;
    3. Provincial buses in point-to-point routes approved by the Land
    Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the local
    government unit of destination, including their stop-over/transit terminals
    Type textprovincial
    may resume their operations. Point-to-point here buses shall be
    allowed unhampered passage through the different LGUs en route to the
    LGU of destination. For this purpose, the Department of Transportation,
    through the LTFRB, is directed to craft the necessary operational guidelines.

    RESOLVED FURTHER, ​that ​the Chairperson and the Co-Chairperson shall be duly
    authorized to sign this Resolution for and on behalf of the Inter-Agency Task Force.

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    APPROVED ​during the 88th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting, ​as reflected in the
    minutes of the meeting, held this​ ​14th of December 2020 ​via​ video conference.

    FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III KARLO ALEXEI B. NOGRALES


    Secretary, Department of Health 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 the Head Executive Assistant of the Department of Health;

    2. I am the interim OIC-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 ​14 December 2020 via teleconference
    during which a quorum was present and acted throughout, IATF Resolution No. ​88
    was unanimously approved and adopted;

    6. The foregoing resolution has been signed by Secretary Francisco T. Duque III upon
    the 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 ​14th ​day of


    December 2020, Manila.

    FATIMA P. LAPERAL
    OIC-Head of the Secretariat, IATF
    Head Executive Assistant​, ​Office of the Secretary of Health

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