Metro Manila “ready” to get out of its strict lockdown after the 2-week return to the modified enhanced community quarantine, an official of the country’s COVID-19 task force reported.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said coronavirus infections are “going down”, with around 3,000 new cases reported Sunday, compared to the 6,000 daily hike in recent days.
“I think we are ready to go down,” Lorenzana said.
“We cannot continue with the MECQ kasi nga alam na natin kung nasaan iyong areas na may infection. Iyon ang tutukan natin so that the others can go to work,” he added.
[We already know the areas with infection. We will focus on those.]
Metro Manila and 4 surrounding provinces were placed under MECQ or modified community quarantine until from Aug 4. – Aug. 18 after the medical community appealed for a “timeout” to give health care workers a breather from the rising COVID-19 infections the past weeks.
“Hindi puwedeng lockdown na lang tayo nang lockdown dahil baka mas maraming mamatay sa gutom kaysa sa COVID kung walang trabaho ang mga tao,” he said.
[We cannot keep going back under lockdowns because more people could die of hunger than of COVID if they are jobless.]
