The Philippines could only see the end of widescale quarantine restrictions once the country achieves herd immunity, an official says, in response to calls from local governments to have more say in declaring lockdowns.
Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said government agencies are discussing the possibility of scrapping city- or province-wide community quarantine classifications when around 77 million Filipinos have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Local chief executives could then be given the freedom to enforce granular lockdowns.
[Translation: It's already being discussed in our National Action Plan with the National Task Force, so there are initial discussion. At the end of the day, when we reach the level of herd immunity of vaccinating 70% of our population, we have to be ready to give that to local governments.]
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