MANILA, Philippines — Placing the country under a less-restrictive quarantine status to revive the economy will only bring “marginal” effects unless the Covid-19 vaccination comes first, a lawmaker said Tuesday.
Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda said this after the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) chief Karl Chua advised President Rodrigo Duterte to place the entire country under modified general community quarantine by March.
“To be frank with you, even if other places of business are reopened, if we are unable to vaccinate our healthcare workers, we will just have to reimpose restrictions once our facilities get overwhelmed and our frontliners…
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