PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte delivering his penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) online is a "safe fallback," Malacañang said on Tuesday, as the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) remains.

In a virtual press briefing, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said they were considering delivering the speech from the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang, similar to how Duterte gave his message at the 36th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit.

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