Published April 18, 2021, 9:31 PM The OCTA Research Group said the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region and in the nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal (NCR-plus) worked and saved lives. Commuters board a jeepney after waiting for about half an hour in Philcoa, Quezon City as public transportation are only allowed 50 percent capacity during the enhanced community quarantine in NCR plus bubble. (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) “I’m a big supporter of the ECQ kahit na alam natin na maraming nahirapan sa ating mga kababayan. Ang goal ngayon, ang priority number one is not to open the economy but to deal with the surge. Did the ECQ work? It worked (I’m a big supporter of the ECQ, even though we know that many of our countrymen have suffered. The goal now, priority number one, is not to open the economy but to deal with the surge. Did the ECQ work? It worked),” OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye said in an interview with DZRH News.