BOOSTER SHOTS Schoolchildren get vaccination booster shots against COVID-19 at the Baclaran Elementary School in Para帽aque City in this file photo. 鈥擭I脩O JESUS ORBETA
About nine in 10 Filipinos gave the thumbs up to the national government鈥檚 response in preventing the further transmission of COVID-19 in the country, according to a survey conducted by pandemic monitor OCTA Research.
The latest findings of the survey conducted from Oct. 23 to 27 showed that 93 percent of the 1,200 respondents 鈥渁pprove鈥� of the government measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
This was a 10 percent increment from the previous survey in March this year when 83 percent of respondents approved of the government measures against COVID-19.
The respondents were asked the question: 鈥淗ow much do you approve of what the government has done or is doing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country?鈥�
Of those who approved of the government鈥檚 work, 49 percent said they 鈥渢ruly approve,鈥� while 43 percent said that they 鈥渟omewhat approve.鈥�
Only 3 percent disapproved of the COVID-19 protocols, while 5 percent were undecided, said OCTA.
The noncommissioned survey, which used random sampling of select barangays, had a margin of error of +-3 percentage points.
Meanwhile, members of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) carried black 鈥減arols鈥� (Christmas lanterns) during their 鈥渂lack Christmas鈥� protest on Friday against the delayed release of their mandated pandemic benefits, namely the Health Emergency Allowance and One COVID-19 allowance.
AHW also reiterated their call for a P33,000 minimum monthly pay for all government health-care workers.
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