Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo clarifies the intention behind his prior statements regarding the community quarantine.
In a previous press conference. Panelo assured everyone that “Walang namamatay sa gutom.” (Nobody dies of hunger.) This received considerable backlash from netizens, who called him out for his insensitivity.
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Now, Panelo has clarified that Filipinos have a support system that they can readily rely on throughout the quarantine.
“Unang una, tayo naman ay tumanggap na ng sweldo, kumbaga mayroon tayong pambili pa the next 15 days. At kung wala naman, tayo naman ay may extended families, na tutulong sa atin. May mga mababait na kapitbahay, at ang gobyerno, naka-ready rin.”
(First things first, we just recently received our salaries. This means that we have funds for the next fifteen days. And if we haven’t, we have our extended families that we can rely on. We also have good neighbors, and a government that is ready.)
The Metro Manila area has declared a community quarantine from March 15 to April 14 in attempts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. It has currently affected 140 people across the Philippines and killed twelve.
(Photo source: Facebook – @salvador.panelo)
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