Duterte Extends Virus Calamity Status By A Year

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, listens as he meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases in Davao province, southern on Monday Sept. 21, 2020. Duterte says he has extended a state of calamity in the entire Philippines by a year to allow the government to draw emergency funds faster to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and harness the police and military to maintain law and order. (Albert Alcain/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

President Rodrigo Duterte says he has extended a state of calamity in the entire Philippines by a year to allow the government to draw emergency funds faster to fight the COVID19 pandemic and harness the police and military to maintain…

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