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April 29, 2021 | 12:41 am
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS
President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday night extended the second strictest lockdown level enforced in Manila, the capital and nearby cities and provinces by another two weeks, as his government tries to contain a fresh surge in coronavirus infections.
The modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna and Cavite would be extended until May 14, he said in a televised address.
The President said he had to extend the modified lockdown to ease pressure on hospitals that were at near breaking point. “For those people who don’t really care about getting infected or not, I can understand. But the problem is everyone will get hit.”
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