Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Executive Office
Intervention Categories: Declaring state of emergency; Regulatory change
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Decisionmaker and Implementor
– Office of the President
– Executive Secretary – Office of the President
Overview: Declaration of state of public health emergency in the Philippines due to the local transmisson of covid-19 in the Philippines. Policy was declared in light of confirnmed local transmission of the diesease in the Philippines as determined by the Department of Health (DOH) secretary. All Local Government Units (LGUs) are required to offer full assistance and cooperation through using apporpriate measures to curtail and eliminate the covid-19 threat. Policy also enables DOH to call upon the assistance of law enforcement agencies in protecting all citizens against the disease.
Full details here: https://www.covid19.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OP-PROC-922.pdf
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Anecdotal Evidence (e.g. social or traditional media with limited evidence base), Perception of an increased threat
Source of Evidence or Justification: World Health Organisation, National – government, International – government
Evidence/Justification: DOH declares presence of covid-19 cases in the Philippines in their department circular dated March 7, 2020