BACOLOD CITY—President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday (March 11) admitted it was tough to enforce the social distancing protocol to prevent the spread of SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as a result of overpopulation.
He said the failure of some government agencies to fully implement family planning programs was partly to blame.
“How can social distancing be enforced in places like Quiapo and on buses where there are so many Filipinos crammed in urban areas,” Duterte said in a speech at the inauguration of the Ports Operation Building in Dumaguete City. Quiapo is a heavily populated district in Manila.
“This is because we have not been able to implement the family plann…
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