Lorenzana welcomes Galvez’s appointment as implementor of anti COVID-19 plan

March 27, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana welcomed the appointment of Presidential Peace Adviser  Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. as chief implementer of the government's  national policy against the 2019 coronavirus disease.

"I look forward to working with Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. as the Chief Implementer of the government’s efforts to combat the spread of COVID19 under the National Action Plan" Lorenzana said in statement issued on Friday.

"Sec Galvez, (Interior and Local Government) Sec. (Eduardo) Año and I will ensure that the government’s lockdown measures are strictly enforced. We shall also take charge of the logistics of the government effort against the COVID so that the front liners and health workers, can focus on their job of tracing, isolating and treating victims of the COVID19 virus," he said.

"We shall also manage the transportation requirements of the NTF (National Task Force) and IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) Sec. Galvez will manage the day-to-day operations of the TF (task force)," he added.

Lorenzana also urge the public to follow the guidelines for the enhanced community quarantine to help the government prevent the spread of the virus.

"Once again, I call on the Filipino people to exercise their civic duty and manifest their patriotism by following the lockdown," he said.

"Let us all do our part in stemming the spread of infection and flatten the curve as soon as possible," he added. Robina Asido/DMS