Mayors of the local governments making up the National Capital Region (NCR) are likely to recommend in their meeting today another 15-day extension of the lockdown being imposed on the metropolis
since March 16, to allow their respective health departments to conduct more tests for coronavirus infection.
Olivarez said he expected that the new extension, if approved by the task force, would only be up to May 30 — not June 15, as the mayors earlier suggested. All cities in Metro Manila currently have their own accredited laboratories facilitating mass testing in their own localities. “Metro Manila is very interconnected, and it’s impossible for one city to be under GCQ while others are in ECQ,” Olivarez said. “So what we’re aiming for is one unified decision for the entire capital region.
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