MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo called on government officials on Sunday to focus on response efforts to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic instead of charger change,
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“Our target now should be everything that will help prevent the transmission of COVID-19 here,” she said in Filipino in her weekly show on AM radio, “BISErbisyong LENI.”“We are busy with a lot of things, like the anti-terror law and shutting down ABS-CBN, which are not solutions to the COVID-19 crisis,” she said.
“So I hope what we should focus on now is — and I have always said this is: All hands on deck. I hope what we’re looking at is COVID-19 because so many are suffering because of that,” Robredo said.
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