Metro Manila returns to yet another hard lockdown to contain the spread of the more infectious Delta variant of COVID-19.

This means millions of workers will have to stay home and find ways to stay afloat for the next two weeks.

In this episode, we talk about the economic costs of prolonged lockdowns as part of the Philippine government’s strategy against COVID-19. 

What’s working — and more importantly, what isn’t — in this approach, which, so far, has failed to contain the pandemic and has left much to be desired.