Untrue that Metro Manila shifting to MECQ –Lorenzana By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News Published December 19, 2020 10:51pm Updated December 20, 2020 7:35am Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana denied rumors that Metro Manila would be placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) on Saturday night. “As the President had earlier announced, Metro Manila shall remain under General Community Quarantine until the end of the year. Neither the IATF nor the mayors of Metro Manila recommended any shift in the quarantine status in this period,” Lorenzana said in a statement. A fake document supposedly from the Philippine National Police proclaiming the supposed shift circulated on social media.