By Prince Golez
The government is not inclined to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal for the third consecutive week, Malacañang said Monday.
Citing Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado, Spokesman Harry Roque said there’s no more source for further assistance should the ECQ status be prolonged after April 11.
“Given what Secretary Advisado said that we have no more funds for ayuda and Congress currently is on recess, so in case we need a supplemental budget, we would have to request for a special session, I don’t think ECQ for a third week is actually a possibility,” Roque said in an interview over ANC’s “Headstart.”
The secretary said the Department of Health recommended a week of general community quarantine bubble, two weeks of ECQ, and another week of modified ECQ.
“If we implement the minimum protocols and intensify our prevention, detection, isolation and tracing initiatives, we expect the [cases of Covid-19] to go down by 4,000 a day by May 15. That’s the model we are pursuing,” he added.
As of Sunday, the Philippines has a total of 135,526 active cases and 13,425 casualties.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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