MANILA, Philippines — Malacaang on Tuesday defended the government’s “flip-flopping” policies to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it is called for by “supervening events” like the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus Delta variant.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque issued the justification after the government waffled on the public’s mandatory use of face shield in less than eight hours on Monday, June 21.
“Wala pong mali mag-flip flop kung meron kasing mga supervening events. Kaya nga po tayo nag ‘flip flop’ kasi meron namang Delta variant. Kaya po tayo nagkaroon ng surge, kasi nagkaroon tayo ng Alpha variant. Depende kung ano ang nadidiskubre ng siyensya, kina…
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