{"id":247631,"date":"2020-03-10T01:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T05:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=247631"},"modified":"2020-03-10T01:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T05:30:15","slug":"duterte-suspends-classes-in-ncr-as-covid-19-cases-climb-to-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/10\/duterte-suspends-classes-in-ncr-as-covid-19-cases-climb-to-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte suspends classes in NCR as Covid-19 cases climb to 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting to discuss the updates on the Marawi Rehabilitation efforts at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night announced the suspension of classes in all levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) from March 10 to 14 as the cases of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country rose to 24.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have decided to\u2026the clamor also of the mayors probably much worried than so it is a consensus by the body that classes will be suspended in NCR beginning tomorrow and it will end on March 14,\u201d Duterte said in a press briefing after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

Duterte said the reason for the suspension of classes is to ensure the health and safety of students and establish a benchmark on the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung itong walang klase<\/em>\u00a0(We want to find out if suspending classes), would it somehow reduce the number of the victims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Despite staying home, he said Education Secretary Leonor Briones insisted that students should continue to study their lessons.<\/p>\n

He said he will assign officers from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP)as \u201ctruant officers\u201d to ensure students continue reviewing at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have agreed that DILG at ang (the) police will supervise as truant officers.\u00a0So yung nandiyan sa labas, tatanungin sila magdadala ng libro<\/em>\u00a0(So those outside, they\u2019ll be ask. If they are there, they will be escorted to the parents and for the parents to be lectured on the responsibilities of being a parent that children should study even while they are detained in their respective homes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said Briones wanted to assure that \u201cthere is no stoppage in education.\u201d<\/p>\n

On March 14, Duterte said he will be holding another meeting with the task force on updates on government efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

He assured that the government has enough funds to address Covid-19 in the country and that all infected persons will get well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the money to combat itong Covid-19. I assure you, we have the money and we can defeat t******ng virus\u00a0na \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(that virus),\u201d he said. \u201cYung 24\u00a0gagaling \u2018to<\/em>\u00a0(These 24, they\u2019ll get well).\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he believed the Covid-19 would not last long.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure scientists all over the world are working overtime to look for the vaccine. Hindi ito magtatagal (This won\u2019t last). I\u2019m confident that we will survive this contagion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte, however, said he does not consider a suspension of government work anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment has to function. We need all, at least now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also called on the public to refrain from sowing hate against Chinese nationals simply because the virus originated from China.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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