Doctors, economists, lawyers finalize Metro Manila alert levels guidelines: official
A technical working group composed of doctors, economists, local officials, and lawyers finalized the details in a meeting Saturday, said Benhur Abalos, chairman of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.
"Ito ay inter-agency, halo-halo—may doctor, may ekonomista, meron sa local government, meron sa legal so talagang hihimayin yan at yun ang ipe-present mamaya," he told ABS-CBN's Teleradyo. Metro Manila mayors earlier asked policymakers to consider the "real situation on the ground" as most patients in hospitals are not from the city where they were admitted, Abalos said.The IATF meeting is scheduled 10 a.m. Monday, he added.
Cities in the capital region would be placed under only one alert level for the first 2 weeks of the system's pilot implementation beginning Sept. 16, government earlier said. Alert levels will only be used in areas under the general community quarantine . Meantime, 2-week granular lockdowns may be limited to several houses, a building, street or a barangay.
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