Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 6) — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to meet with his entire Cabinet on October 12 to discuss ways to open more sectors and businesses while protecting the public against COVID-19.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday said Duterte personally called for the meeting with all his appointed Cabinet secretaries. Roque added they will also tackle the lack of public transport, especially if more employees will be allowed to return to work.
He said the scheduled meeting comes after the recommendation of Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua to open more businesses and alllow establishments to increase their operating capacity as long as the healthcare system can attend to severe and critical COVID-19 patients.
“Ang naging rekomendasyon ni Secretary Karl Chua, basta paghandaan ang magkakasakit ng kritikal o severe ay pwede na buksan ang ekonomiya. Pinalakas na natin ang mga ospital,” he said in a media briefing.
[Translation: Secretary Chua’s recommendation was to increase care capacity for critical and severe COVID-19 cases so we can open the economy. We have equipped our hospitals.]
