Mayors, business groups pushing for localized lockdown – Concepcion

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The call for localized lockdowns, instead of placing entire regions or cities under strict quarantine, continues to gain support.

In a Zoom meeting yesterday, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion led mayors, officials leading the fight against COVID-19, and business organizations in pushing for localized lockdown to enable economic activities to continue.

The private sector through the efforts of T3, Project ARK, has supported the government in increasing the testing capacity of the country,” Concepcion added. Lorenzana, meanwhile, echoed Rep. Janette Garin’s assertion of finding a way to co-exist with the virus while a vaccine has yet to be discovered.

Razon, on the other hand, emphasized that execution is an extremely critical component of the government’s COVID response, suggesting that the best laid-out plans are nothing if not properly acted upon. Magalong, who was appointed as contact-tracing czar, emphasized that it is just as important to set aside resources to trace close contacts of confirmed cases in order to contain virus transmission.

“I really believe that mass testing is vital for everyone, especially for mayors who are leading the battle to flatten the curve. As mayors, we

 

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