Palace: Duterte may consider trial run of limited in-person classes

“Inaasahan naman po natin na baka naman po i-consider ng Presidente na yung limited pilot face-to-face dahil tayo na lang po ang bansa na hindi pa bumabalik sa face-to-face dahil yung iba, miski isang oras sa isang araw, tatlong oras sa isang linggo ay bumabalik na po,”presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview on Teleradyo.

(We are expecting that the President might now consider the limited pilot face-to-face classes because we’re the only country that hasn’t resumed face-to-face classes. Other countries do it even for just an hour in a day or three hours in a week.)

“Ngayon po nakita natin na hindi naman malawak ang pagpasok ng new variant sa atin. Sa ngayon po, parang wala pa pong ebidensya ng community transmission at maski mas nakakahawa siya, alam naman natin na ang panlaban pa rin natin ay mask, hugas at iwas,” Roque added.

(Right now, we’re seeing that the entry of the new variant in the country is not extensive. There’s no evidence yet that there is community transmission and although it’s said to be more transmissible, we know that we can fight against it by hand washing, wearing masks and avoiding it.)