President Rodrigo Duterte said on November 2 that face-to-face classes will return in January 2021, Inquirer.net reported.

Duterte recently approved the proposal to resume face-to-face classes in areas that have low-risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission.

“About two weeks ago, I seemed to have said that I would allow the face-to-face classes to resume. But we were talking actually of January,” Inquirer.net quoted him as saying.

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In his last State of the Nation Address, he expressed his commitment to ensure safety among students and teachers amid the pandemic.

“I cannot and I will not put at risk the lives of our students and teachers,” Duterte said.

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