According to DOH issues Press Release: DOH, IATF, NTF support Rizal Province pandemic response
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III assured local chief executives of the Province of Rizal that the National Government, through the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), the National Task Force (NTF) and the Department of Health (DOH), is ready to assist them in ramping up the province’s COVID-19 response. Secretary Duque was joined by NTF Chairperson Secretary Eduardo Año, DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Testing Czar Secretary Vivencio Dizon, and MMDA General Manager and Undersecretary Jose Arturo Garcia, Jr. Also present were Governor Rebecca Ynares and mayors from the 14 cities and municipalities of Rizal to represent the local government.(August 12,2020)