Duterte hopes granular lockdowns can reduce COVID impact: Para ma-menos menosan ‘yung namamatay

By Prince Golez

President Rodrigo Duterte hopes the localized lockdown that would be pilot-tested in Metro Manila starting September 16 will help reduce the spread of Covid-19.

“I asked for the general public’s continued understanding and patience on this matter,” Duterte said during his pre-recorded “Talk to the People” address last Friday.

“I know that many of you are raring to go to work and conduct your business already, but we have to make sure that we cover any contingency so that we may reduce the risk of infections,” he added.

The President said the government must pursue new solutions to fight Covid-19 because he does not want people to think that his administration failed in its efforts to respond to and manage the pandemic.

“[If] it does not involve death or ‘yung serious physical illness, kung pagka ito lang it’s a matter of being a cough syrup or a pill for a headache, a migraine maybe, hindi na ako makialam nito eh, hindi na ako magsalita,” according to him.

“The problem is eh buhay eh, iyan ang mahirap. And I would not want to be remembered as one who caused the death of so many. Kung maaari lang, menos-menosan ko ‘yung mamatay dito sa Pilipinas during my watch,” said Duterte.

On Friday, Malacañang announced that the government’s Covid-19 task force “provisionally” approved the guidelines on the pilot implementation of a new Covid-19 alert level system in Metro Manila.

The new granular lockdown system will have four levels of restrictions and will be implemented on a weekly basis in each city or municipality.

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