New enterprises are sprouting, such as in the manufacture of a wide variety of face masks and personal protective equipment. Measures to promote physical distancing will likely remain in place for many more months. So from Metro Manila to Davao, jeepney drivers and operators are improvising ways of enforcing social or physical distancing in their vehicles, in hopes of resuming their operations. Only about 48 percent of public schools have access to the internet; how can they migrate to online learning? Even the national ID system, now being speeded up, needs a good information and telecommunications backbone for its maximum utilizatization.

Source: Philippine Star April 26, 2020 15:56 UTC