Duterte says the Philippines won't fully reopen its economy, as a full reopen could put the country in 'deep s---'

• On Wednesday, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said the economy would not fully re-open because another spike of COVID-19 would put the nation in "deep s---."
• He also said he could not follow the same "devil-may-care attitudes" of his peers Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and President Donald Trump, who are responsible for the two nations with the most infections in the world.
• "We cannot afford really a total epidemic or pandemonium. We are poor, we cannot afford to gamble. We are still grappling with the first wave," he said.
• In June, he partially reopened the economy, but since then cases have steadily climbed, and the Philippines now has the second most cases in Southeast Asia, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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President Rodrigo Duterte says the Philippines will not fully re-open its economy as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, because another spike would put the nation in "deep s---."

Duterte broadcast the announcement to his nation of 12 million on Wednesday, saying he could not follow the same "devil-may-care attitudes" of his peers Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and President Donald Trump who are responsible for the two nations with the most infections in the world.

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