ICYMI: Duterte options: Longer GCQ or back to stricter quarantine
“The President would consider … how fast the number of cases rose or the doubling rate and our capacity to provide critical care. All of that are part of the data being readied for the decision of the President,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a phone interview on Saturday.
“But the numbers of Metro Manila and Cebu don’t seem to be right for this kind of opening,” Roque said in an earlier interview with dzBB.Metro Manila and Cebu were placed under GCQ starting June 1. This allowed more businesses to reopen and employees to return to work, which many tried to do but with difficulty, because of the lack of public transportation.
On Saturday, the Department of Health reported 607 new cases, pushing the national caseload to 25,392. This is the first time since May 27 that the NCR’s fresh cases breached the 200 mark, two days before the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases is set to make its recommendation to Mr. Duterte.In Cebu City, the number of cases continued to rise, with the local health office recording 167 new infections on Friday.
There were 348 cases in neighboring Mandaue City and 350 in Cebu province, including 18 overseas Filipino workers who returned to Cebu and seven health workers who had tested positive for the virus. There were 169 cases in Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island. Solante, former president of the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, said that with a GCQ extension, the government could determine how that status is affecting the trend of new cases, especially since the virus’ incubation period is up to 14 days.
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