There was a near-consensus among health policy experts consulted by President Rodrigo Duterte that the current Luzon-wide lockdown be lifted on April 30, with only some parts of the region to remain under quarantine. COVID19PH FULL STORY:
BIG DECISION. President Duterte meets with COVID-19 task force members and health experts from the private sector before making a final decision on whether or not to extend the Luzon lockdown. Malacañang photoby President Rodrigo Duterte that the current Luzon-wide lockdown be lifted on April 30, with only some parts of the region to remain under quarantine.
He later added Calabarzon and"portions of Bulacan" as areas that experts believed should remain under lockdown after April 30. "The private sector's suggestion was to find out which barangays have high infection rates and implement ECQ there," said the Duterte spokesman. Metro Manila, which accounts for more than half of the total coronavirus cases in the country, is at this threshold, said Lagmay.
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