Intensification of Security Measures

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Intensification of Security Measures

       This pertains to the two (2) bomb blasts set off by suicide bombers in Jolo, Sulu on August 24, 2020 which caused the killing of fourteen (14) persons (soldiers and civilian) and the wounding of seventy-five (75) others.

       To prevent and avoid the same incident to further transpire, all Private Security Service Providers (PSSPs) shall direct their private security personnel (PSP) to observe the following:

Interim Guidelines on Health Care Provider Networks during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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GENERAL GUIDELINES 

DOH Centers   for  Health  Development   (CHD)  shall  assist  Local  Government Units  (LGUs)  as they  form  province-  or city-wide  health  systems  to respond  to and manage  both non-COVID-19  and COVID-19 patients.

 LGUs shall  endeavor   to  organize  province-   and  city-wide   BCPNs   to  include government  and private  facilities  and providers  across the different  levels of care. LGUs are to determine  and assign the facilities for care of close contacts,  suspect, probable,  and confirmed  COVID-19  cases within their catchment.

 Province- and city-wide  HCPNs  shall have  designated  primary  care providers  for individuals  and families  within their catchment  who shall navigate  patients  to the appropriate     facility   across   the   levels   of  care.   All  patients   shall   follow  the prescribed        patient flow as described  in Annex A.

 Province-  and  city-wide   HCPNs   shall  ensure  dedicated   Human  Resources  for

Health   (HRH)   for  triaging,   contact  tracing  and  facility-based   management   of patients based  on the most updated  DOH guidelines  and protocols.

 All health  facilities  shall  endeavor  to provide  telemedicine   services  for patients within their HCPN to promote physical distancing whenever possible. Separate guidelines  shall be issued for this purpose.

 Individual-based  financing   mechanisms    shall   follow   the  relevant   PhilHealth circulars  for COVID-19.

 Infection prevention  and control (IPC) measures,  standards,  and protocols  shall be

implemented  at all times.

SPECIFIC  GUIDELINES

 Health  Facilities   for  suspect,   probable,   and  confirmed   COVID-19   cases. The list below  seeks to clarify  role delineation  of different  facilities  within and across HCPNs.  All  province-   and  city-wide  HCPNs  are  encouraged   to  identify  these facilities  for  proper  navigation   of  patients  within  and  outside  their  network,  in

accordance  with resources  in their respective  localities.

DTI and DOLE INTERIM GUIDELINES ON WORKPLACE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COVID-19

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DTI  and  DOl,E   INTERIM   GUIDELINES    ON WORKPLACE     PREVENTION    AND  CONTROL   OF COVID-19

The Philippines   was  declared  under  a  State of Public  Health  Emergency  due  to the acceleration   and   expansion   of  COVID-19   cases.   With  the  number   of  COVID-19   cases observed  to rise,  the capacity  of all our health facilities  are expected to be fully utilized.  This led to the development  of Department  Memorandum   2020-0123,  "Interim Guidelines on the Management of Surge Capacity through the  Conversion of Public Spaces to Operate as Temporary  Treatment and  Monitoring  Facilities,"  providing    standards    for   Temporary Treatment  and Monitoring  Facilities  in anticipation  of this surge in cases.

The  DOH  through  Administrative   Order  2020-0013,  "Revised Administrative Order No. 2020-0012 Guidelinesfor  the Inclusion of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the List  of Notifiable Diseases for  Mandatory Reporting  to the Department of Health ", reclassified   Persons  Under  Monitoring,   Persons  Under  Investigation,   and  Confirmed  cases into  Close  Contact,  Suspect,  Probable   and  Confirmed   COVID-19   cases.    The  changes  in patient  classification  need to be adopted and matched  to their appropriate  facilities.

The   Universal   Health   Care   (UHC)   Act   defines   a  health   care  provider   network (HCPN)  as a group  of primary  to tertiary  care providers,  whether  public  or private,  offering people-centered   and comprehensive   care in an integrated  and coordinated  manner. In order to optimize  the model  of care for COVID-19  and  strengthen  the health  system response  within and across HCPNs,  the DOH hereby  issues these interim guidelines under  a UHC framework to  deliver health services,  adopting the new patient  classifications.

please see the:

DTI and DOLE Interim Guidelines on Workplace Prevention and Control of COVID19 PDF File.