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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 14) Vice President Leni Robredo has called on government officials to conduct consultations with localities and other sectors before implementing policies in the middle of the pandemic. Uunahin yung mga sinehan, mga interactive game arcades, enclosed, more than an hour magkasama yung mga taong nandoon. Hindi ko alam kung based ito sa science, she said.
[Translation: They want to prioritize the cinemas, interactive game arcades, but these areas are enclosed and people will likely stay here for more thna hour. I don t know if this is based on science.] Di ko talaga maintindihan kung ano yung science behind it. Naiintindihan natin na kailangan nang buksan yung ekonomiya pero kita naman natin kahit na buksan yung mga mall, walang umiikot, kakaunti talaga dahil takot pa ang mga tao, Robredo added.
Residents of a community in Riverside, Barangay Commonwealth in Quezon City will undergo contact tracing and testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after a 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who was quarantined in the area, was found to have the United Kingdom (UK) variant of the virus.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte urged the city’s residents to cooperate with the contact tracing after a 35-year-old patient, who was quarantined in Riverside in Barangay Commonwealth, was found to have the United Kingdom (UK) variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday.
For Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte's proposal for metro local government units (LGUs) to waive the market rental fees for meat vendors who are unable to sell meat for the day due to the shortage is a good idea.