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IATF Resolution 117 s2021
IATF Resolution 117 s2021
117
Series of 2021
May 27, 2021
WHEREAS, Section 15 Article II of the 1987 Constitution states that the State shall
protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them;
WHEREAS, Section 2 (b) of Executive Order No. 168 (s.2014) mandates the Inter-
Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to prevent and/or
minimize the entry of suspected or confirmed patients with emerging infectious diseases into the
country;
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2020, the President issued Proclamation No. 1021 (s.2020)
extending the period of the State of Calamity throughout the Philippines until September 21, 2021;
WHEREAS, as of May 27, 2021, there are a total of Forty-Eight Thousand One Hundred
Nine (48,109) active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.
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A. The recommendations of the National Task Force Against Covid-19 on
refining Priority Group A4 of the COVID-19 Immunization Program are
hereby adopted, the specifics of which are as follows:
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B. The recommendations of the Sub-Technical Working Group on Information
and Communications Technology to further improve on the use of
StaySafe.PH is hereby adopted, the specifics of which are as follows:
1. The use of the modules for establishment protection, as well as
citizen application, subject to the presentation to the IATF of its
operability; and,
2. The Joint Administrative Order for the Interoperability of All
Contact Tracing Applications.
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The first phase of the D-VAS shall be implemented in the
National Capital Region, Region III, Region IV-A, Cebu City,
and Davao City.
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.
APPROVED during the 117th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting, as reflected in the
minutes of the meeting, held this May 27, 2021, via video conference.