MMDA General Manager Jose Arturo Garcia said the people “seemed to have lost focus” that the new coronavirus that causes the severe respiratory disease COVID-19 was still around. | dexcabalzaINQ
Garcia also mentioned the crowding on a truck that police deployed to ferry stranded commuters.
Ariel Inton, head of Lawyers for Commuters’ Safety and Protection, slammed Garcia’s remarks as insensitive, “assuming that people are stupid or stubborn.” Transport officials allowed the three metro trains, so-called augmentation buses, and Philippine National Railways to resume operations at limited capacity for the reopening of the metropolis to economic activity.
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