Lack of cash aid may force people to leave homes despite ECQ

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People being left with no choice but to go out 'could stifle efforts' to stop the COVID-19 surge, says ING Bank Manila senior economist Nicholas Mapa.

Economists warned the government that meager and delayed cash aid to poor households could force people to go out and look for work, defeating the purpose of a hard lockdown.

"Lockdowns with little cash aid may result in low compliance, with citizens likely leaving their homes in search of food, a development which could stifle efforts to slow the spread of the disease," Mapa said.The aid, to be given out around the second week of April, will be sourced from unused funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.

 

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tedregencia Do it mean if you have a job you can go out. If you don’t have a job don’t go out?

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