NCR, Cebu City not ready for MGCQ status, says Palace

By Prince Golez

President Rodrigo Duterte has three quarantine options for Metro Manila and Cebu City after June 15, according to Malacañang.

These areas may slide down to Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ), retain their GCQ status, or return to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine status (MECQ), said Duterte’s mouthpiece Harry Roque.

Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases is leaving it up to the President to decide on the fate of the community quarantine imposed in the country. He will announce his decision tomorrow, Monday.

“Tatlo naman po iyan, puwedeng mag-MGCQ – mas maluwag pa; puwedeng manatiling GCQ; pupuwedeng bumalik sa MECQ. Pero kahit anong opsyon po diyan eh iniwan na po kay Presidente ang desisyon,” the secretary said in an interview on Dobol B sa News TV Saturday.

Roque, however, admitted that Metro Manila and Cebu City are not ready to be downgraded to a MGCQ as coronavirus cases continue to rise in the said areas.

“Tama po kasi kapag nag-MGCQ, ang public gatherings up to 50% papayagan na ano; ang transportasyon, 50 to 100 na at pati iyong mga sinehan, ang mga pagsimba ay papayagan na 50% capacity. Pero iyong numero talaga ng Metro Manila at saka ng Cebu ay parang hindi pa akma na magbukas nang ganiyan,” according to him.

“Pero gaya nga ng sinabi ko nga po ay bahala po ang Presidente kasi binabalanse naman po natin iyong ekonomiya at sapat naman po iyong kakayahan nating magbigay ng medical care doon sa mga magkakasakit nang critical, iyong critical care capacity natin,” he added.

Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)