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House Resolution No. 1536 was adopted by the House Committees on Health and Information and Communications Technology after a joint hearing on March 9.
Filed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, the measure calls for a single contact tracing protocol “for a more effective health emergency data monitoring system”.
“Disparate apps and non centralized repository leads to redundant products, cost duplication and less effective solution,” Velasco said in the resolution.
“There is a need for the modification of existing systems and the development of new user-friendly data interfaces to manage multiple data streams with seamless interoperability,” he added.