MANILA, Philippines — The government’s “desperate” measures have produced “good results” in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., National Task Force COVID-19 chief implementer, said on Wednesday. Tayo ang pinakauna na nagkaroon ng tinatawag nating travel ban sa mga bansa na nagkakaroon ng COVID-19 cases. At nakita natin na ang ating hard decisions — ‘yung desperate decisions — (are) paving the way for the good results that we are having now,” he added. We were first in implementing a travel ban among the countries that had COVID-19 cases. And we have seen that our hard decisions — the desperate decisions — are paving the way for the good results that we are having now.]

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 08, 2020 18:56 UTC