{"id":253062,"date":"2020-04-24T00:32:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T04:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=253062"},"modified":"2020-04-24T00:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T04:32:58","slug":"duterte-elated-by-public-satisfaction-with-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/24\/duterte-elated-by-public-satisfaction-with-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte elated by public satisfaction with Covid-19 response"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on April 20, 2020. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte is grateful that most Filipinos appreciate the government\u2019s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque issued the statement after results of April 6 to 8 survey by global polling firm Gallup International Association bared that 80 percent of Filipinos are convinced that the Duterte administration is handling the Covid-19 crisis \u201cwell.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNagpapasalamat po ang Pangulo dahil<\/em>\u00a080\u00a0porsiyento po ng lahat ng Pilipino ay may opinion na maganda naman ang pag-hawak ng ating gobyerno dito sa<\/em>\u00a0issue\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0Covid-19 (The President is grateful because 80 percent of Filipinos believed that the government handles the Covid-19 issue well),\u201d Roque said in a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4.<\/p>\n

The entire Luzon and several areas in Visayas and Mindanao with Covid-19 infections have been placed under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to stop the contagion in the country.<\/p>\n

The ECQ means people are barred from leaving their homes unless they need to access basic needs and are exempted from the quarantine protocols.<\/p>\n

Gallup International\u2019s poll also found that 86 percent are willing to \u201csacrifice\u201d some of their human rights, \u201cif it helps prevent the spread of the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also revealed that 88 percent are \u201cafraid\u201d that he or his family member may acquire the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Roque assured the public that Duterte would do his best to stop the further transmission of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsahan niyo po na kung anuman ang magiging desisyon ng Presidente eh a-addressin po niya itong ating kinatatakutan na baka tayo ay magkasakit<\/em>\u00a0(Expect that whatever the President\u2019s decision will be, he will consider our fear of getting sick),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque also ensured that Duterte would come up with a \u201cbest\u201d decision when it comes to the ECQ\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n

\u201cNaiinitindihan po niya<\/em>\u00a0(Duterte)\u00a0na napakahirap ng<\/em>\u00a0ECQ\u00a0at gagawin po niya ang pinakamagaling para dito sa sambayanang Pilipinas<\/em>\u00a0(He understands that we are in difficult situation following the ECQ. And he will consider what\u2019s best for his fellow countrymen),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte, through Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, was granted special powers to address the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n

The Philippines has so far 6,710 confirmed Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n

Some 693 infected individuals have recovered from the coronavirus disease while 446 Covid-19 patients died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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