EP 61: Is the Lockdown Working vs New COVID-19 Surge?

The two-week hard lockdown in Metro Manila is set to end this Friday. But by the looks of it, the government will need to make another tough decision ahead of that — will it extend the lockdown or lift it despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases driven by the more infectious delta variant? 

Worse, the Lambda variant has also been detected — officially — in the Philippines a case of a local transmission. 

In this episode, Christian Esguerra talks to Maristela Abenojar, President, Filipino Nurses United and Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OCTA Research Fellow to assess whether the Enhanced Community Quarantine is working and to check on the plight of our health workers who have been working round-the-clock since the start of the pandemic but have not been receiving enough benefits for their service.