Guevarra seeks the help of the churches and spiritual leaders in providing counsel and guidance to their members and followers who are undergoing depression due to the underlying effects of the pandemic.
VERGEIRE: "When you wear a mask you protect yourself 85 percent from being infected, when you do physical distancing it adds more and when you wear face shield based on the local study that has been released."
"We understand that the global pandemic has virtually wiped out the employment gains in the last decade. This is something that seriously concerns us.”
DSWD said it is prepared in case lawmakers decide to forward the third batch of emergency subsidy to low-income families who were affected by COVID-19.
"When we say science-based, it is not only the mathematical sciences or the physical sciences that we are talking about, but science that includes the social science aspects."