Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said on Wednesday that the government has the capacity to cover the P12-billion cash aid for households that will be affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to be implemented from August 6 to 20 as a mitigating measure against the virulent Delta variant of Covid-19.

"We were informed that the amount required is about P12 billion and we have indicated that we have sufficient access revenue to cover this," Dominguez told reporters.

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