100 OG. No. 17, 2516 (April 16, 2004)
a. Prevent, minimize, regulate, or otherwise restrict the entry of the avian flu virus, through the Bureau of Quarantine and International Health Services (BQIHS), by adopting, restricting, or regulating the movement and entry of people coming from infected countries or other countries suspected to be carriers, or potential carriers, of the virus, through a system of surveillance methods utilizing rigid screening and identification procedures in all ports of entry, and adopting isolation and quarantine measures wheneverdeemed necessary; b. Prevent, minimize and regulate the spread and local transmission of the virus through enforcement of triage, contact tracing, surveillance, quarantine and isolation procedures of people, as may be appropriate; c. Care, render assistance, cure, or minimize death or sickness through effective clinical management of people, resources, hospitals, and other facilities, whether public private.The Secretary of Health shall also exercise such other functions and powers as may be incidental, related or otherwise connected with the above mentioned authority.
a. Prevent, Restrict, minimize or otherwise regulate the entry of poultry, fowl, birds, or other animals coming from infected countries or from any other country which are potential or suspected to be, afflicted or carriers of the avian flu virus, including the imposition of total or partial bans on imports of poultry and other animals; b. Conduct surveillance, mapping, identification, isolation, quarantine of chickens, their by-products, and other animals infected or suspected to be infected by the avian flu virus within the country, or any part thereof, including the culling or stamping out of infected chickens and quarantine of chicken or poultry farms and other affected areas, as may be determined by the Secretary. c. Monitor, trace, plot, or otherwise observe, in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the sanctuaries and movement patterns of migratory of birds from within and without the country taking into consideration the safety and well being of the people and giving due regard to nature.The Secretary of Agriculture shall also exercise such other functions and powers as may be incidental, related or otherwise connected with the above mentioned authority.
a. Continuously educate and disseminate information, as appropriate, in order to prepare and educate the media and the general public with a better understanding of the avian flu virus, promote positive health values and behavior, and prevent disinformation, confusion, or panic: b. Coordinate responses together with other government agencies and the private sector through meetings, conferences and the like; or otherwise constructively engage the public and affected sectors in general; c. Issue the necessary bulletins, advisories and health warnings on matters concerning the foregoing.SEC. 6. Assistance and Support – The Over-All Crisis Manager is hereby empowered to call upon all agencies of Government for support and assistance in the enforcement of this Order, including but not necessarily limited to the:
Department of Agriculture (DA) Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC); Department of Finance (Dof); Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); Department of National Defense (DND); Office of the Press Secretary (OPS);The Crisis Manager shall be empowered to seek the assistance and support of the abovementioned agencies, including their respective attached offices, in order to effectively implement the provisions of this Order. All agencies, offices, managers, and personnel are hereby directed to cooperate and provide such assistance and support as may be requested or needed by the Crisis Manager in the containment of the Avian flu virus. Defense and law enforcement agencies, particularly the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), shall give priority to the directives or orders issued and promulgated by the Crisis Manager affecting their specific areas of concern.