Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua wants a shift to the least strict form of quarantine by March, which he said would add P11.2 billion to the economy each week. READ:
t to the least strict form of quarantine by March, which he said would add P11.2 billion to the economy each week.
“If we continue to work together and see Alert Level 1, hopefully by the next month, then we would have added P11.2 billion in gross value added per week in the NCR Plus area,” Mr. Chua said in a Management Association of the Philippines economic brieMetro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal were placed under Alert Level 3 last month due to an Omicron-driven surge in coronavirus disease 2019 cases after the holidays.
“Our thinking in NEDA is we will not get it right at the start, but it is crucial to pilot immediately more schools so that we learn from the pilot,” he said. “The more we pilot, the more we will learn, the more we can get it right.”
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