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Household lockdown kesa ECQ, mas oks

ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | April 6, 2021



Isinusulong ni Marikina 2nd District Representative Stella Luz Quimbo ang ‘household lockdown’ sapagkat mas epektibo umano ito kontra-COVID-19, sa halip na isarado ang ekonomiya sa ilalim ng enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).


Batay sa panayam sa kongresista ngayong araw, Abril 6, aniya, “'Pag sinabing ECQ, ibig sabihin nu’n, lahat po tayo. Napakamalawakan kahit sa mga lugar na wala namang COVID, magsasara lahat, kaya ang panukala ko po, piliin na lang po natin. ‘Yun na lang pong mga households na may COVID positive, ‘yun na lang po ang i-lockdown natin nang sa ganu'n, puwede pong ipagsabay ang ating layunin na pigilan ang pagkalat ng COVID at the same time, tuluy-tuloy pa rin ang ating ekonomiya.”


Paliwanag pa niya, “Ang estimate d’yan sa kada araw ng ECQ sa greater Metro Manila area, ang nawawala sa atin, P8-B kada araw. Napakabigat po nu’n, so naisip ko po, let’s make it targeted ‘yung lockdown.”


Giit naman ni Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua ng National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), “ECQ alone does not reduce the spike in the COVID-19 cases. The solution is to further enhance our implementation of the PDITR strategy with clear targets to achieve. This will help reduce the spike in COVID-19 cases given the new variants.”


Inirekomenda ni Chua ang Prevent, Detect, Isolate, Treat, and Recover (PDITR) strategy upang mabawasan ang paglobo ng COVID-19. Nilinaw din niyang bilyones ang halagang ikinalugi ng bansa simula noong nag-lockdown sa NCR Plus, kung saan tinatayang daang-libong indibidwal ang nawalan ng pagkakakitaan.


“On top of these, the more stringent quarantine in NCR Plus translates to a daily household income loss of P2.1 billion or almost P30 billion for the two-week period. All in all, the two-week ECQ may shave off 0.8 percentage points from the country’s full year economic growth in 2021,” dagdag pa ni Chua.


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