By Prince Golez
Malacañang expressed the possibility of further extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) once an increase in the number of coronavirus cases will be observed in areas placed under general community quarantine (GCQ).
President Rodrigo Duterte earlier extended the ECQ in Metro Manila and other high-risk provinces and cities to May 15 to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). Several areas with low to moderate risk were also downgraded to GCQ.
“Well, posible po iyan dahil ang siyensya po tinitingnan nga natin iyong pagdami ng kaso ng Covid-19 at iyong kakayahan na magbigay ng medical attention,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a radio interview Saturday.
“Kung makikita po talaga ng (Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases) na bagama’t bahagya pa lamang kumbaga itong pag-o-open ng ekonomiya at paglalabas ng mga tao sa lansangan under GCQ ay talagang napakataas ng dami ng Covid-19 na hindi natin mabibigyan ng medical attention, may possibility pa rin po na maantala iyong… number one, iyong pagpapatuloy ng GCQ; at pangalawa, iyong pagiging GCQ ng mga ECQ,” added Roque.
The official cited the case of Singapore, whose efforts to contain the disease previously earned praise from the World Health Organization, where the number of infections from migrant workers has seen a dramatic spike late last month.
“Iyan nga po ang naging karanasan ng Singapore at iyan po ay ating iniiwasan. Kaya ang ating pakiusap po ngayong GCQ na ang ilang areas sa atin, patuloy pa rin po ang social distancing, ang good hygiene.
“Intindihin na lang po natin kaya po bahagyang binuksan ang ating ekonomiya dahil kinakailangan naman tayong mabuhay pero nandiyan pa rin po ang banta habang walang vaccine, habang walang gamot,” he further said.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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