Interior Secretary Eduardo Año: “Dapat ang best try ay gawin nila. Ang pinaka-importante dyan, kung talagang hindi nila maiiwasan, talagang magsuot sila ng mask. Advisable din ‘yung face shield dyan.'
“Ang importante rin, ‘yung mga elders na kasama natin sa bahay dapat maprotektahan sila. Dapat talaga nakasuot sila ng mga mask, ‘yung mga mahihirap, at kung hindi pupwede, lahat talaga magstay at home,” the Interior chief added.
Año also said that family members who go to markets and to their offices should likewise wear face masks and practice physical distancing at their respective houses. This advice from Año comes after National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. noted that workplaces in.
The government earlier reverted the quarantine status in Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Rizal, and Laguna to modified enhanced community quarantine from August 4 to 18 following the request of the medical community to impose stricter lockdowns in the National Capital Region and nearby areas., with additional 3,109 cases reported on Sunday. Of the confirmed cases, 59,970 are active cases, 67,673 are recoveries and 2,270 are deaths.
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