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MANILA, Philippines – Malacanang said Thursday that the adoption of the 10-point policy agenda for the country’s economic recovery is not an “exit strategy” from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar stated in a press statement that the policy agenda is part of the preparations for the transition to the “new normal.”

“We do not believe this is the current Administration’s exit strategy, as this is part of the country’s preparation for the New Normal,” Andanar said.

Andanar issued the clarification following President Rodrigo Duterte’s Monday signing of Executive Order (EO) 166, which directs all government agencies and offices to implement a ten-point policy agenda aimed at hastening the Philippine economy’s recovery from the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

All state departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations and state universities and colleges, are required by EO 166 to ensure that all related policies, measures, and programs are consistent with the adopted policy agenda.

Andanar expressed hope that succeeding administrations would also implement EO 166.

This, as he compared the new EO to the current administration’s adoption of Executive Order 168, which former President Benigno Aquino III signed in 2014 to establish the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines.

“Executive Order No.166 would remain effective and operational unless modified or revoked,” Andanar stated.

EO 166 aims to maintain current economic gains, mitigate the long-term negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and re-establish the country’s development trajectory.

It directs government offices to strengthen healthcare capacity; accelerate and expand the vaccination program; further reopen the economy and expand public transportation capacity; resume face-to-face learning; relax domestic travel restrictions and standardize local government unit requirements, and relax international travel requirements.

Additionally, it directs the national government to accelerate digital transformation through legislative measures, to provide for enhanced and flexible emergency measures through legislation, to refocus decision-making and government reporting on more useful and empowering metrics, and to prepare for pandemic resilience on a medium-term basis.

The Department of Health has classified the entire country as having a low risk of contracting Covid-19.

Between March 14 and March 20, the country reported approximately 3,572 new coronavirus infections.

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