Policemen keep watch at a checkpoint along a road in Quezon City on March 23, 2021 (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “Sasabihin po natin di pa ho kayang mag-relax ng ating local government doon po sa quarantine po natin (I will say that our local government units cannot afford to ease the quarantine status yet),” Olivarez, who is chairman of the Metro Manila Council, said in a DZBB interview. This he said, despite the continuing decline of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the NCR, based on the data presented by the Department of Health (DOH) to the Metro Manila mayors. He added that the occupancy rate of critical care facilities has gone down to 70 percent.