MANILA, Philippines – Hindi na oobligahin na magpakita ng negatibong RT-PCR o antigen test result ang mga dadalo sa ikalawang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa Hulyo 24, sinabi ni House of Representatives secretary general Reginald Velasco nitong Martes, Hulyo 4.
“You won’t need an RT-PCR or antigen test, unless you have symptoms or are unvaccinated. In those cases, you need to have a negative RT-PCR test 48 hours before [SONA],” ani Velasco.
Para sa mga bakunado, kailangan naman na magpakita ng COVID-19 vaccination card.
“We won’t require a booster. We would just need the primary doses,” dagdag pa niya.
Sinabi ni Velasco na ang pag-aalis ng COVID-19 test requirement ay may kaugnayan sa posisyon ni Health Secretary Ted Herbosa na nauna nang nagrekomenda kay Marcos ng pag-aalis ng public health emergency declaration dahil sa COVID-19.
Kasabay ng pagluluwag sa COVID-19 protocols, inaasahang mapupuno ang Kongreso ng mga bisita.
“We have requested the Senate and the Office of the President to finalize their guest list. With the remodeling, we lost 400 [plenary] seats. But we will have a contingency plan in case we have more guests than usual because we expect more guests than the previous SONA.”
“Hopefully, babalik iyong fashion show…I understand the lifestyle editors are looking at what the guests would wear…because we are almost back to normal,” dagdag ni Velasco.
Samantala, si Paul Soriano, Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications, ang mananatiling direktor ng SONA. RNT/JGC
