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Senators say Duterte should present plans on COVID-19 response, economy in final SONA

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/26/20210717-duterte-clark-airport-mnib14.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech following his inspection of the newly completed terminal building of the Clark International Airport on July 17, 2021. <em>Arman Baylon, Presidential Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - At least two senators want to hear President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the country&#x27;s economic recovery in his last State of the Nation Address Monday.</p><p>Duterte should present his plan on how the Philippines can prevent a surge of cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant that overtook India and Indonesia, said opposition Sen. Francis Pangilinan.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/25/21/delta-variant-philippines-update-072521">PH detects 55 more Delta variant cases; total now at 119</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/19/21/philippines-needs-more-oxygen-supply-to-brace-for-delta-surge-doh">Philippines needs more oxygen supply to brace for Delta surge: DOH</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I don’t think at this point masasabi natin na pumapasa siya. Maaaring pumasa siya kung aayusin talaga niya... I want to hear later paano natin malalagpasan itong COVID, paano manunumbalik ang ekonomiya, pano matitiyak na &#x27;yung vaccine rollout ay talagang sapat na,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>(I don&#x27;t think at this point we can say he would get a passing grade. Maybe he can if he would do his job well... I want to hear later how we will get past COVID, how we&#x27;ll revive the economy, how we can ensure that the vaccine rollout is enough.)</p><p>&quot;Paano natin tatalunin ang COVID, paano malalagpasan ang Delta variant para hindi mangyari sa&#x27;tin ang nangyari sa India at Indonesia.&quot;</p><p>(How we&#x27;ll beat COVID and the Delta variant so what happened to India and Indonesia won&#x27;t happen to us.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1734640" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>More COVID-19 vaccines would spur more economic activity, said Sen. Grace Poe as she recognized response efforts of the national and local governments.</p><p>&quot;As it is now, we’re suffering: 7.7 percent of unemployment, more than 4 million families (who suffered from) incidents of involuntary hunger,&quot; she told ANC&#x27;s Market Edge.</p><p>&quot;Other things need to be addressed: the vaccine rate. The fact remains we don&#x27;t really have enough vaccines. With the rollout of more vaccines, I think there would be more economic activity.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1734641" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The Philippines aims to inoculate 58 million residents of Metro Manila and 8 other key economic hubs by yearend to achieve population protection against the virus.</p><p>Some 5,560,029 individuals have been fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 while government has administered a total of 16,426,267 jabs as of July 22, government said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/24/21/philippines-covid19-vaccination-update-july242021">Over 5.5 million Filipinos fully immunized vs COVID-19— task force</a></li></ul><p>The country&#x27;s economy last year registered a -9.5 percent growth, its first contraction since 1998 when the country posted economic decline to 0.5 percent due to the Asian financial crisis.</p><p>The economic downturn was also worse than the 7 percent contraction recorded in 1984, making it the steepest post-war slump in Philippine history, using available PSA data dating back to 1947.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/28/21/philippine-economy-shrinks-83-percent-in-fourth-quarter-full-2020-growth-at-95-pct">PH posts worst GDP contraction since World War 2 with -9.5 pct growth rate in 2020</a></li></ul><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

<p>At least two senators want to hear President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's economic recovery.<br /> </p>

At least two senators want to hear President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's economic recovery.