Briones said the education department is coordinating with the Department of Health on the number of health workers to be deployed in the classrooms which will be transformed into quarantine facilities.
“We’re now working out the numbers with the Department of Health para ma-correlate naman sa kanilang capacity dahil kung may quarantine centers, kailangan naman na may magbabantay na galing sa Department of Health at saka magmomonitor,” Briones said. Classes in public schools will start on August 24 through blended learning or the use of modules, radio, television, and internet as media of instruction.
President Rodrigo Duterte earlier said face-to-face classes will only be allowed by January next year in areas with minimal cases of COVID-19. The Philippines has so far recorded 143,749 COVID-19 cases nationwide, including 68,997 recoveries, and 2,404 deaths.