MANILA, Philippines — Amid many exemptions to the month-long Luzon lockdown, the government would like to add one more: infrastructure projects. IATF stands for the interagency task force against emerging infectious diseases, which groups various agencies including the departments of Transportation, Tourism, and Justice. “If the exemption will be granted, then that’s good since our workers need work. While an initial lockdown in Metro Manila only put 5.7% of infrastructure projects under threat, budget data showed widening the quarantine to the entire Luzon risks stopping 17.8% of infrastructure projects, amounting to P174.5 billion. But for Paulino, the construction industry is ready to take the brunt of “collateral damage” from a work halt in Luzon.

Source: Philippine Star March 17, 2020 09:33 UTC