Manila Bulletin
IATF to review plea for exemptions from ban on overseas deployment of health workers --- Roque
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will review pleas for exemptions to the temporary deployment ban on health workers abroad.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced that the IATF would discuss the ban and whether to grant exemptions, particularly for those with existing work contracts.
The ban was previously clarified to allow health professionals with existing employment contracts abroad, government-issued overseas employment certificates (OEC) as of March 8, 2020, and returning workers to leave the country.
This review comes after appeals from nurses and other health workers.
The Department of Health and local government hospitals have been urged to hire these health workers to augment their existing staff.
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