‘Serious concerns’
Dr Anthony Leachon, a former adviser to Duterte on COVID-19 policy, told Al Jazeera that he has “serious concerns” about the government’s response to the variant.
As of Sunday, 55 more Delta cases were confirmed, bringing to 119 the total number of cases formally linked to the strain. Many of the cases were detected weeks after infection, so it is unclear how far it might have spread.
“I think we are not ready,” Leachon said, as he listed the reasons for the lack of preparedness, including the late enforcement of travel bans on Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. where cases linked to the Delta variant have set off new outbreaks.
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Published July 26, 2021 8:53am Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar on Monday said more security task groups were deployed for the last State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. Interviewed on GMA News’ Unang Balita, Eleazar said they realigned their personnel from 13 sub-security task groups into 15. “Yung ating sinasabing SSTG or security sub-task group naka-deploy siya. In fact, nag-realign tayo ng kaunti, nag-adjust. From 13, naging 15 na SSTG yan,” he said. They will be deployed at St. Peter Memorial Chapel, where protesters will end their march coming from the University of the Philippines, National Housing Authority, and Commission on Human Rights.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is poised to capitalize on his popularity to push for pandemic recovery measures that could bolster his candidate in next year s election.
In his last annual address to Congress on Monday, Duterte is expected to urge lawmakers to pass bills to complete his tax agenda. Legislators will await Duterte s directives on any further stimulus for pandemic recovery and on pending revenue bills, including proposed taxes on online casinos, House ways and means committee chairperson Joey Salceda said.
Senators will prioritize measures to further open the economy to foreign investors, Senate President Vicente Sotto said at a briefing Monday. Meanwhile, the House will focus on next year s budget that will aid in the nation s pandemic fight, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said in a speech.