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Following the televised public address of
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, he commended our health workers for their
efforts in the ongoing fight against the spread of Coronavirus aka Covid-19.
The President said how the government was
forever thankful to these modern-day heroes and wants to reciprocate their
efforts in “a more tangible way.”
He then announced that he will be placing Luzon
under enhanced community quarantine until midnight of April 13 to minimize the
spread of Covid-19 that has claimed 12 people in our country.
With
this, he then ordered the Department of Budget and Management and the
Department of Health to find a way to best compensate the country’s health
workers.
“Of course, the formalities of our doctors, health
professionals, and health workers, to whom we will forever be thankful. In due
time, we shall express to them our gratitude in a more tangible way, when this
crisis is over,” Duterte mentioned during his public address on Monday.
“In
the meantime, I have directed the DBM (Department of Budget and Management) and
DOH (Department of Health) to find a way to best compensate our health
workers,” he added.
Duterte
is asking every citizen a strict home quarantine in every household during the
quarantine period. With exceptions to private establishments providing basic
necessities like food, medicine, banks, power, energy, water,
telecommunications to remain open.
“Lahat po
tayo ay sundalo sa digmaang ito. Bata man o matanda, lalaki o babae, bawat
Pilipino, anumang estado sa buhay, ay maituturing na sundalo sa digmaan na
ito,” Duterte said.
The Covid-19, which started in China late last year,
has infected more than 160,000 people and claimed the lives of nearly 6,500
declaring the disease as Pandemic.
The World Health Organization, however, said 80
percent of cases globally showed a high chance of recovery "without
needing special treatment.”
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