MANILA, Philippines— The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is urging local government units (LGUs) to issue executive orders or ordinances prohibiting and penalizing acts of discrimination and attacks against health workers, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and COVID-19 patients amid the ongoing coronavirus disease crisis. “Local government units are enjoined to issue the necessary executive orders and ordinances prohibiting and penalizing these discriminatory acts,” Nograles added. “Nakakalungkot po na kailangan pa natin sabihin ito (It is saddening that we even have to say this),” Nograles said. ADVERTISEMENT“Kinukundena po ito ng IATF, at binabalaan po namin na kakasuhan po namin ang mga taong mapatunayang gumagawa nito,” Nograles stressed. RELATED STORIES:Nograles: Cabinet members to donate 75% of monthly salary to aid COVID-19 fightDiscrimination hits health workers of Iloilo hospital treating COVID-19 patientDOH condemns attacks vs health workers2 frontline health workers attackedQuezon hospital slams harassment of health workers after shooting of ambulance driver/MUFFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 04, 2020 05:37 UTC