"Our kababayans should spend Christmas at home, not in a foreign land and definitely not at a quarantine facility," said the Go Negosyo founder. As of December 4, the Philippines has 4.01 daily cases per million people, compared with the 364.77 in the United States, 658 in the United Kingdom and 183.97 in Singapore. Austriaco also noted that the chances of a surge breaking during the last days of 2021 are low. "I think we can be assured of a relatively healthy, pandemic new-normal Christmas," he said. Concepcion warned the public against too much complacency since it could result in a major backlash.

Source: Manila Times December 07, 2021 04:09 UTC