Hulihin talaga,” Duterte said in a taped speech aired by state media on Tuesday morning. Earlier, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año urged local government units to pass uniform and harmonized ordinances that will be implemented against quarantine protocol violators nationwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same speech, the President also called on local chief executives to “do more” as COVID-19 infections in the country continue to rise. He added that mayors could be invited for a meeting in Malacañang if their localities record high coronavirus transmission. To date, there are 68,898 COVID-19 cases nationwide, including 23,072 recoveries and 1,835 deaths.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 21, 2020 01:07 UTC