Senators urged President Duterte to heed the plea of overwhelmed medical frontliners to once again place Metro Manila and nearby provinces under lockdown given the surge of coronavirus cases in the country.
Senators urged President Rodrigo Duterte to heed the plea of overwhelmed medical frontliners to once again place Metro Manila and nearby provinces under lockdown given the surge of coronavirus cases in the country.
“Mr. President, please make time to personally listen to the physicians. Hear their frontline stories firsthand and without filter. It is time for you to set an appointment with the doctors. When the number of cases hits 100,000 today, it will sound an emergency alarm that can only be turned off by ringing the timeout bell," Recto said in a statement.
"It will be very difficult to open the economy without adequately addressing health concerns. Again we need to improve our ability to protect our health care providers, test, trace, isolate and treat. Failing to do so, will impact our ability to get back to work," Recto told Rappler in a text message.
“Dapat pag-aralan lahat ‘yung mga suggestion nila – some are very meritorious – na dapat ipahinga muna ‘yong mga doctor…Pati isolation facilities natin ngayon, punung-puno, ‘yun ang problema. It should be considered as far as I’m concerned,”The once-ruling Liberal Party likewise issued a similar statement, hoping the Duterte government would “empathize” with the plight of frontliners.
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