Vice President Leni Robredo appealed to the government to provide assistance to the country’s poor so that they can comply with the minimum health standards.
“If that person has the means to support his family, it will be easy to follow. But if the family has no food, even if the danger of contracting the virus is there, then the breadwinners will go out to work in order to feed their families without thinking that they could get infected,” Robredo said.
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The vice president highlighted the need to help the poor further amid this pandemic.
Robredo lamented that government officials are again pointing to people’s stubbornness as the reason for the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
The government last provided aid to the poor last April.
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“Kasi madali lang sabihin na ‘sumunod na lang kasi kayo.’ Madali sabihin, halimbawa, kung ikaw nasa bahay kahit ‘di ka pumasok ay may kakainin ka, nanonood ka ng Netflix, naka-aircon ka pa siguro,” she said.
“Pero sa ordinaryong Pilipino nakikipagbaka araw-araw kahit pa sabihin mong grabe iyong pandemic, kung walang kakainin ang pamilya, lalabas at lalabas,” she said. (TDT)
