Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday Filipinos who lack discipline and continue to violate the ECQ should be ashamed of putting the Philippines in the number one spot in terms of COVID-19 cases in ASEAN.
“Ang dami pong pasaway sa atin. At dahil po diyan number one na naman po tayo sa Asean sa dami ng COVID-19. Nakakahiya po yan!” Roque said in a virtual press briefing.
(Many of us are rule-breakers. And because of that, we are again number in ASEAN when it comes to the number of COVID-19 cases.)
“Itigil niyo na po ang pagiging pasaway, manatili po kayo sa inyong tahanan,” he added.
(Stop being troublemakers, let us stay home.)
As of April 15, data show the Philippines has the most number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia (SEA) with 5,453 confirmed cases, including 349 deaths and 353 recoveries. Indonesia came second with 5,136, while Malaysia ranked third with 5,072.
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PH has the most number of COVID-19 cases in ASEAN.
The spokesman also traffic congestion is some areas despite the total lockdown is only in the Philippines.
“Kung ikukumpara po ninyo ang ECQ sa ibang bansa, sa Singapore lahat sumusunod. Sa Malaysia ganyan din. Dito lang sa Pilipinas nagkaroon ng traffic sa SLEx at sa Divisoria despite ECQ,” Roque said.
(When you compare our ECQ to another country, in Singapore, everyone obeys. In Malaysia, too. Only here in the Philippines that there was traffic on SLEx and in Divisoria despite ECQ.)
“Mahiya naman po tayo. Hindi ko na po i-dedeny ‘yan dahil dapat tayong mga Pilipino mahiya dahil nagpapakita tayo ng kawalang disiplina e samantalang ginagawa naman po natin to dahil iniiwasan nating magkasakit ang ating mga kababayan.”
(Let us be ashamed. I will not deny that because we Filipinos should be ashamed because we are showing our lack of discipline while we are doing everything to protect our countrymen from getting sick.)
Roque then asked the mothers to start enforcing the lockdown in their households.
“Mabuti po ‘yan kapag inyong inenforce ang ECQ hindi makakapunta si mister sa kanyang kulasisi. So para niyo nang awa po, stay in your homes,” Roque joked.
(It’s okay if you enforce ECQ in your house, your husband cannot go to his mistress. So I beg you, stay in your homes.)