DOF: Rainy season to make fight vs COVID-19 ‘more challenging’

The onset of the wet season coinciding with the gradual reopening of the economy from quarantine may make it more difficult to fight COVID-19, the DOF said. | bendeveraINQ

“As the rainy season approaches, the battle against the virus will become more challenging. The flu season will have started and flooding could occur in low-lying areas. Distancing in temporary relocation sites could be difficult to implement,” Undersecretary Gil S.

Beltran, the DOF’s chief economist, said in an economic bulletin.“The ongoing COVID-19 is, first and foremost, a health issue. The policy response for preventing its further spread , however, inevitably made the economy a collateral damage. Such response was, nevertheless, a hedge against further complications,” Beltran said.

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