06 September 2022 – Labor Advisory No. 18-22: COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Reporting Protocols in the Workplace

To promote the safe reopening of the economy and contain the transmission of COVID-19 in the workplace and in line with DOLE’s commitments under the IATF, DOLE issues its Advisory on COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Reporting Protocols in the Workplace. https://www.dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2022/09/Labor-Advisory-No.-18-22-COVID-19-Prevention-Control-and-Reporting-Protocols-in-the-Workplace.pdf

02 September 2022 – Administrative Order No. 2022-0039: Supplemental Guidelines on the Grant of Health Emergency Allowance to Eligible Public and Private Health Care and Non-Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Pursuant to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 11712

DOH provides the supplemental guidelines on the grant of the Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) to eligible public and private health care and non-health care workers pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 11712 and its implementing rules and regulations (IRR). https://dmas.doh.gov.ph:8083/Rest/GetFile?id=725123

01 September 2022 – Advisory No. 2022-1519: Public Health Warning Against the Purchase and Use of the Uncertified COVID-19 Test Kit “SANSURE BIOTECH SARS-COV-2-ANTIGEN TEST CASSETTE”

The FDA warns all healthcare professionals and the general public NOT TO PURCHASE AND USE the uncertified COVID-19 test kit: “SANSURE BIOTECH SARS-COV-2-ANTIGEN TEST CASSETTE”. https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FDA-Advisory-No.2022-1519.pdf

13 July 2022 – Advisory No. RS-2022-025: Survey Relative to the COVID-19 Pandemic

IC directs all its entities, all life and non-life insurance companies, Mutual Benefit Associations (MBAs) and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to participate in the “Survey on COVID-19” on or before 20 July 2022 (covering claims paid from 01 April to 30 June 2022), in order for IC to continuously monitor the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.insurance.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IC-Advisory-No-RS-2022-025_Survey-Relative-to-Covid-19-Pandemic.pdf

15 July 2022 – OCA Circular No. 180-2022: Court Operations from July 16, 2022 Until Further Orders of the Court

The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) issues the court operations from 16 to 31 July 2022 in areas placed under Alert Level 1 or 2, or even higher, as may be classified by the IATF. https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/28666/