MANILA, Philippines — Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles is still the co-chair of the Interagency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). “I just want to clarify that I was not removed from the IATF. In fact, I’m co-chair of IATF with [Health] Secretary [Francisco] Duque,” Nograles said in Filipino in a Facebook live stream announcement. He also explained that presidential spokesman Harry Roque was assigned as spokesman of the task force COVID-19 to allow “centralized” announcements to the public. “I did not continue as a spokesman because the President already has a spokesman, who is Harry Roque,” Nograles said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 15, 2020 15:22 UTC