Duterte slams Robredo for criticizing gov’t response to pandemic
The government can spray the entire country with pesticide to kill the coronavirus if that is what Vice President Leni Robredo wants, according to President Duterte.
Duterte asked Robredo and other critics not to delude the people into believing the government is not doing enough. He insisted that the administration is actually exerting its “best” to fight the outbreak and that the country is “surviving” the pandemic while waiting for the vaccine. The President however maintained that the only way to beat the coronavirus is through the development of a vaccine. Until the vaccine is discovered and manufactured, he said the public must continue to follow health measures such as wearing of masks to avoid the risk of infection.
Duterte asked what else did the critics wanted from the government, as he defended efforts to improve the country’s health care capacity. The President however explained that he has extended the state of calamity throughout the country until September 2021 to address the pandemic, which has so far infected more than 290,000 people in the country.
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