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Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Against a backdrop of a waning pandemic and a bright prospect of a nation rising from challenges brought about by Covid19, presidential candidate Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. on Thursday said there is a need to revisit the pandemic preparedness bill that was filed by former senator Miriam Santiago. The move is to ensure "that the country will be ready to address any health issue of this magnitude that could threaten and disrupt public health system in the future." Santiago, who ran for president with Marcos as her running-mate during the 2016 elections, filed Senate Bill No. 1573, or the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act at the height of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-COV) outbreak in 2013. The bill called for the creation of a national health strategy in cases of pandemics and national emergencies and seeks to "strengthen national response and preparedne

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