President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is “very hesitant” to extend the state calamity due to Covid-19, saying “it’s the wrong mindset” going into the new year.
“I’m still very, very hesitant to continue the state of calamity, to extend it because again we are not in a state of calamity anymore, technically speaking,” Marcos said on Thursday, Dec. 29.He further said that the “main issue” is providing the healthcare workers their benefits.
The President, who will proceed with his state visit to China next week despite the Covid-19 surge there, also said that the Philippines may impose testing requirements on travelers from China as long as it is based on science and there is a need to do so. “Kung naman it’s something that is manageable, then I’m sure we can find a way to — not completely close our borders to China, but to find a way to have a procedure so that those coming from China who may have been exposed or who may have been infected [with the coronavirus] will be tested and yun lang naman ang ating inaalala ,” the President stressed.
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