Laws Involving COVID-19 Flashcards
Bayanihan to HEAL as One Act
RA 11469
Bayanihan to RECOVER as One Act
RA 1564
Under RA 11469, Philhealth should provide how much for HCWs with severe COVID-19 disease
PhP 100,000
Under RA 11469, Philhealth should provide how much for HCWs who died d/t COVID-19 disease
PhP 1 million
Order granting hazard pay to government employees;
AO 26
Order granting special risk allowance under Magna Carta for public health workers
AO 28
RA allowing 30 days grace period for rental payment and regulation of prices of basic commodities
RA 11469
Allows tuition subsidy and sustained efforts on COVID-19 pandemic
RA 1564
Act on mandatory reporting of notifiable disease ang health events
RA 11332
Supports cash-for-work program and TUPAD program of DOLE
RA 1564
TRUE or FALSE: Acdg to RA 1132, disease refers to an illness d/t specific toxic susbstance, occupational exposure or infectious agent
TRUE
Diseases that have no occured in humans before; or are caused previously undetected or unknown infectious agents; have occured previously but affected only small numbers of people in isolated areas
Emerging infectious diseases
Diseases that have occurred throughout human history but have only recently been recognized as a distant disease due to an infectious agent; are d/t mutant of resistant strains of a causative organisms; once were major heath problems in the country, and then declined dramatically but are becoming heath problems
Re-emerging disease
Public health threat d/t biolocigcal, chemical, radio-nuclear and environment agents
Health event of public health concern
Occurence of more cases of disease than normally expected within a specific place or group of people over a given period of time
Epidemic/ Outbreak
