A 2021 budget to fund nat'l recovery

We end this year on a note of uncertainty with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic which remains uncontained worldwide one year since it emerged as a new and unidentified illness in Wuhan, China.

It remains a major threat to many nations around the world, notably the United States and now the United Kingdom where a new variant of the virus has emerged. But while it remains a threat in our country, it has not claimed as many victims, for which we must be grateful for the early action of the national government to order a lockdown in Metro Manila and Luzon and its continuing restrictions on mass gatherings.

In the coming year, the pandemic it will remain a major problem for the country. To keep it under control and ultimately end its threat, the Philippines has now set asideP72 billion in the National Budget for 2021 for the purchase, storage, transportation, and distribution of COVID vaccines.