SWS says 4.1 million working-age Filipinos stranded due to community quarantines

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SWS survey says about 4.1 million working-age Filipinos got stranded due to community quarantines across the country

Around 4.1 million of working-age Filipinos got stranded due to community quarantines implemented across the country, a Social Weather Stations survey revealed on Saturday.

Of those stranded, 6.4% or 1.1 million are in Mindanao; 5.3% or 1.8 million are in Balance Luzon; 5% or 710,100 are in Visayas; and 4.8% or 490,000 are in Metro Manila. Metro Manila and other regions were placed under ECQ mid-March as directed by the government to help control the spread of the virus in the country. This was eased to modified ECQ mid-May then to a more relaxed GCQ last June 1.

 

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