This includes the resumption of economic activity ‘wherever safe and possible’ and the partial operation of public transportation.
A government think tank is recommending the gradual relaxation of quarantine restrictions after the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to restart economic activity, coupled with public health measures to detect and contain COVID-19.
The think tank said the government should couple with efforts to increase the capacity to detect and isolate COVID-19 patients and identify their close contacts, protect high-risk groups, continue imposing physical distancing measures, and treat as many patients as possible. In its modelling, the think tank found that if the government is able to isolate around 70 percent of patients who show COVID-19 symptoms and ramps up testing, the think tank predicts that the disease would only peak in May 2021 with 904,000 cases, even if the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine is partially lifted.
But still, at the best case, the think tank said the COVID-19 crisis can deal a ₱276.3-billion loss to the economy.
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