MANILA - Finance Sec.
Carlos "Sonny" Domínguez III said Filipinos will have to "face reality" that the novel coronavirus isn't going away anytime soon, and that the Philippine economy needs to run to support the country's fight against the pandemic.
"People have to start working," the finance chief said. Under a modified general community quarantine, more establishments in a specified region or area will be allowed to continue their operations, but are still under COVID-19 policies. To prevent further coronavirus infections in a city or region, Dominguez suggested placing lockdown placing barangays under lockdown based on their number of coronavirus cases, so other areas or villages will not be affected economically."If the company has a big spike [of infections], close them down also," Dominguez said.
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