President Duterte
INIHAYAG ni Pangulong Duterte ang plano niyang tuluyan nang ipagbawal ang pagpapadala ng mga doktor at nurse sa ibang bansa sa harap ng banta ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“Maybe two days from now, we’ll have to meet again and consult si (Justice) Secretary Guevarra whether or not it would be legal for us to just stop the migration of health workers simply because they are being taken in a place wherein there is so much…,” sabi ni Duterte.
Idinagdag ni Duterte na ang banta ng COVID-19 ang magiging basehan ng pagbabawal na sa mga Pinoy health workers na umalis ng bansa.
“It’s a more valid reason to stop a doctor or a nurse than the previous one which said that we will be deprived of workers. Wala naman ‘yon. Walang masyadong — no leg to stand on actually,” dagdag ni Duterte.
Sinabi pa ni Duterte na hindi dapat ipadala sa ‘gera’ ang doktor at nurse kung saan ang kalaban ay ang COVID-19.
“Please do not misunderstand me. I am making it clear now. I do not want you to go there and come back in a coffin. That’s my — that’s my only argument if you may because you are Filipinos at mahal ko ang mga buhay ng kababayan ko,” paliwanag pa ni Duterte.
Ani Duterte inaasahang mananatili ang banta ng COVID-19 sa buong mundo sa susunod pang mga taon.
“The COVID is here to stay. The vaccine prevents the entry of the microbes into the body because they are attacked by the vaccines that were given by us. It’s the same germ, a weakened one, but our body is now attuned — alam na niya na kalaban ito,” ayon pa sa Pangulo.