President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to tap the military to ensure the speedy distribution of cash aid to families affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Duterte issued the directive to Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista during a briefing with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, which was aired by state-run PTV4 on Tuesday.

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