'I might bring it home': Virus anxiety as Filipinos go back to work COVID19
MANILA -- Carla Geronimo emerged from one of the world's longest pandemic lockdowns on Monday, fearful like many others that she would bring home the coronavirus at the end of the workday.
“Baka mauwi ko sa bahay. Takot ako for my family, hindi para sakin. May bata pa,” Geronimo, who has a 3-year-old nephew, told ABS-CBN News. "You’ll never be sure of your surroundings. You may be a carrier already and you don’t know. I fear that I might expose my family to the disease," she said. Majority or 65 percent of jobs essential to sustaining the economy have a high chance of spreading the virus, according to a University of the Philippines study.
Vilda’s employer implements a skeletal workforce, with half working from their homes. The firm provided face masks, alcohol, and hazard pay for those working on location, she said. Anne, the hospital worker who lives in Bulacan, said she would wake up before 5 a.m. Monday to make it to work on time.
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