News Roundup 30 March 2020
Mar 30, 2020 • 1 min Read
Philippines reports 128 additional COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths | PHILSTAR.COM – The Philippines on Monday reported 128 new coronavirus virus cases and 7 additional deaths. This raised the total number of known infections in the country to 1,546, while the death toll reached 78. Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries stood 42.
Lacson: Wage earners getting hungry, but where’s the cash subsidy? | INQUIRER.NET – The government should already be distributing the emergency subsidy for some 18 million households amid the coronavirus pandemic, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Monday. “It’s now [March] 30. By now, those in charge of its implementation particularly the distribution of cash dole-outs to the 18 [million] plus families should already be taking place,” Lacson said in a message to reporters. He also cited reports that “families, especially the daily wage earners are going hungry already”.
Grab to Party List rep Nograles: Prove your sincerity, release your congressional funds | Manila Bulletin – Ride-hailing app Grab Philippines urged Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Representative Jericho Nograles on March 30, Monday, to release his congressional funds to show he sincerity in helping the firm’s driver-partners during these trying times. “We’ll be happy to help him identify drivers, so taxpayer’s money will go to the right beneficiaries. We can help him distribute [these], alongside Grab’s loan proceeds for drivers,” Grab Philippines President Brian Cu said.
‘Too early’ to decide if lockdown will be lifted or extended — Duque | The Manila Times – Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said on Monday that it was “too early to assess” whether the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 or Covid-19 should be lifted as scheduled on April 14.
