MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go repeated his call on Saturday for the passage of a bill that he filed last week seeking the creation of a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Philippine CDC) and other measures aimed at boosting the preparedness of the country for any health emergency, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The government would have to take a more proactive approach in dealing with public health issues, Go, who is chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demographics, said in a statement issued on Saturday.
He said the country was taken by surprise by the COVID-19 pandemic, which he said last May 11 at the opening of the 109th Malasak…
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