Business groups now want 2-week lockdown amid Delta variant threat

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Business leaders had a change of heart and are now supporting the proposal for another two-week lockdown, saying it’s better to do it sooner than risk longer restrictions later amid rising COVID-19 infections

Leaders of business groups had a change of heart and said they are now supporting calls for aPresidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion on Tuesday rejected wide lockdowns floated by President Rodrigo Duterte in his last State of the Nation Address, sayingHe said he was eventually convinced by OCTA Research fellows about the need for a lockdown soon to prevent the spread of the highly contagious variant.

“It’s important that a preparation period be allowed for business sectors," said George Barcelon, president emeritus of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Another businessman said additional cash aid from the government might be needed should the lockdowns extend longer. Not all companies may have enough to provide salaries when stores are closed, he said.

 

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Yes,the sooner the better. The more we delay the more the virus will spread. Look to India and and learn from them.

If the govt still has no concrete plans, any form of lockdown will just go to waste.

Wtf

tologo lang ha! e paano kung two week na pero hnd bumaba ang kaso ng covid?

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