The government is readying a P1.17-trillion reserve fund to boost the Philippines’ fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the country's Finance chief said on Thursday.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with some members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on April 8, 2020. TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO