09 Sep Rep. Rodriguez Urges PSA To Postpone Census Due To COVID-19
Mga higala! Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has urged the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to postpone its 2020 population and housing census to January 2021, due to the health threat of COVID-19!
Rep. Rodriguez filed a resolution about this stressing that even though PSA personnel have been trained to follow strict health protocols, there are still risks involved not only for the interviewees but for the interviewers and data enumerators as well.
“This period when we are battling a pandemic is not the most appropriate time to conduct the census. We are still getting daily positive cases in the thousands, though the Department of Health is reporting that the numbers are going down,” said Rodriguez.
He also added that “They can in the meantime rely on historical data with some adjustments.”
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PSA urged to postpone population census to January next year
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