MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte rejected again on Monday a bid by the Department of Education (DepEd) to resume in-person classes with most of the population still not vaccinated against COVID-19, especially amid the threat of the more infectious Delta variant.
“On the face-to-face [classes], I think I’m not inclined to agree with you,” Duterte told Education Secretary Leonor Briones during his taped weekly briefing. “I’m sorry, but it’s a difficult situation. I cannot gamble on the health of the children.”
Briones said the DepEd would accept the decision, acknowledging the threat that COVID-19 posed on the 27 million children and 847,000 teachers.
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