Palace says NCR may return to MECQ after two weeks if no slowdown in COVID-19 transmission is seen

(Eagle News) — Metro Manila may revert to a modified enhanced community quarantine area. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was if, after two weeks, there is no slowdown in COVID-19 transmission. Roque made the announcement, noting that President Rodrigo Duterte had initially agreed to place the National Capital Region under the stricter form of community quarantine, the MECQ, as recommended by a group of University of the Philippines researchers. “Pero nag-apela ang chief implementer […]