MANILA - Metro Manila may likely see a gradual shift in its quarantine status but possibly with restrictions as daily cases of COVID-19 cases decline in the capital region, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday morning.
Watch more in iWantTFC MANILA - Metro Manila may likely see a gradual shift in its quarantine status but with restrictions as daily cases of COVID-19 cases decline in the capital region, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday morning.Abalos said Metro Manila Mayors have yet to convene to determine what quarantine classification they would recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force .
This was also echoed by OCTA fellow, Dr. Guido David who said trends in Metro Manila are looking good compared with the peak in the surge in early April. Positivity rate and hospital occupancy rate have also declined to 13 percent and below 70 percent respectively.
“Bangungot talaga ang inabot natin nung ito’y nag surge yung mga variants, nung UK at South African, dapat talaga wag na maulit,” Abalos said. Abalos said he is happy that more COVID-19 vaccines are arriving as the number of infections is declining in the country.
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