Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III temporarily closed down basketball courts starting on Dec. 31 as he expressed alarm over the sudden increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the municipality.
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III temporarily closed down basketball courts starting on Dec. 31 as he expressed alarm over the sudden increase in the number of new coronavirus disease cases in the municipality.
Pateros, the smallest local government unit in Metro Manila, achieved COVID-19-free status for three weeks but on Dec. 28, Ponce announced the return of the disease in the municipality. Ponce said in the last few days, Pateros’ COVID-19 positivity rate jumped from 0.08 percent to 1.6 percent to five percent. Positivity rate refers to people who test positive for COVID-19 out of the total number tested.
“I would like to apologize to our players because all of our barangay courts will be closed. No one will be allowed to play basketball because we fear that this can become a spreader since we do not wear masks when we play basketball,” said Ponce, who also ordered the temporary removal of basketball rings in open courts.
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