In his press briefing last week, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has already allowed the most number of public transportation it can amid the country’s fight against COVID-19.“Ang solusyon nga po is damihan iyong mga pasahero na pupuwedeng isakay ng ating mga pampublikong transportasyon ,” he added.
“Effectively mga 20 percent lang po iyan. Kaya kinakailangan ng subsidy dahil hindi sila mabubuhay, they will not break even,” he said. The Department of Transportation announced early this month that it will start easing the required distancing measures in public transportation as the government reopens the economy. However, this was met with criticisms not just from the public but also from medical frontliners.
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