“Though the lockdown bought us time to increase public health capacity, we now must face the challenge of reopening the economy,” Galvez said in a meeting with representatives of the private sector. It is only by working together that we can again start to rebuild our lives and the economy,” Dizon said. They also urged the private firms to do their part in testing their workers and conducting aggressive contact tracing using the StaySafe.ph app. “We would not have been able to do all of these without the help of our partners in the private sector,” Dizon said. “We need more accurate contact tracing as more of our employees go back to work,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 07, 2020 15:33 UTC