Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio took a jab against Vice President Leni Robredo over the latter’s remark that Davao City must learn from Cebu City in containing the surge of Covid-19 cases.
Robredo on June 13, 2021, was reported as saying that the city government of Davao must have a close look at how Cebu City successfully controlled the surge of Covid-19 infections through private partnerships and the active presence of the medical community.
In a statement, Mayor Sara said that the private sector has been very helpful and has tremendously contributed to the Covid-19 response in Davao City.
She added that Robredo should not attack the medical community of Davao City as being inactive when they have been silently suffering and working tirelessly to help save lives since March of last year.
“The Vice President should refrain from giving advice if she knows nothing about what is happening on the ground. This has been the hallmark of her term as VP, where she puts forth comments on matters and affairs she lacks understanding and knowledge on and does not offer anything helpful to solve a problem. She should open her eyes to the surge of cases in localities all around the world and she might be able to say that a surge in cases where 85 percent of the cases are asymptomatic is primarily identified by aggressive testing, coupled with tracing and isolation/quarantining,” the mayor said.
Mayor Sara also warned Robredo to avoid involving the Covid-19 surge in Davao City in her attempt at politicking.
“There will be a proper time to attack my performance as a local chief executive (LCE) in this pandemic if she dares to run for president,” the mayor said.
On the other hand, Davao City tops the list of the local government units (LGUs) with most new cases per day during the period of June 5 to 11, 2021 with an average of 180 new cases per day during the period while Quezon City has an average of 168 new cases based on the Independent research group OCTA Research.
