The coronavirus situation varies from city to city in Metro Manila, but the mayors want the national government to impose a single policy on the entire region, according to the MMDA.
MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said 10 of the 17 Metro mayors wanted the lockdown to be extended up to the end of May to prevent a second wave of infections.
For the mayors, she said, one city cannot be on lockdown while nearby cities are only on general community quarantine.Metro Manila cities are interconnected and residents of one city work in the other cities, she added. In his press briefing on Monday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said controlling the spread of the coronavirus would be “tougher” if the Metro Manila lockdown would be eased.
“Our situation is still critical. We cannot go back to normal like before COVID-19 arrived,” he said.
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