An epidemiologist said Monday, April 26, that the National Capital Region (NCR) is not yet ready to revert back to general community quarantine (GCQ) status.
In a virtual Palace briefing, Dr. John Wong of Epimetrics Inc., bared indicators that will tell if the virus hotspot NCR can be considered “ready” for a more relaxed quarantine status.
“It tells us how well we’ve done in the past under MECQ, it doesn’t tell us how well we will do in the future under GCQ,” Wong said. To consider NCR ready for GCQ depends on how well people complying with masking and social distancing; how fast can the national government and local government unit identify people with COVID-19 symptoms and test, isolate, and quarantine them; and how well indoor businesses with crows observe 2-out-of-3 rule, such as ventilation, masking, and social distancing.
According to the Department of Health , over 1.3 million Filipinos have been vaccinated against COVID-19.