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News By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published April 23, 2021 1:38pm Experts from the OCTA Research Group on Friday warned against further easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) even as the spread of the disease showed signs of slowing down. OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said the reproduction number should be less than 1 for several weeks. A reproduction number of 1 or higher indicates sustained transmission of the virus. “We urge the national government, as one possible benchmark for changing quarantine levels, is not to exit MECQ (modified enh...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 23) — There is a need to extend the modified enhanced community quarantine in NCR Plus — which is set to end on April 30 — if the reproduction number or R0 does not stay below 1 "in a sustained manner," OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said Friday. "We urge the national government...not to exit [from] the MECQ until the R0 is at least less than .9 in a sustained manner," Austriaco told a webinar. Austriaco said the reproduction number must be below 1 for "at least several weeks" to decongest hospitals. He explained this assum...

Published April 23, 2021, 4:20 PM The OCTA Research Team urged national and local governments on Friday, April 23, to intensify and expand testing, tracing, and isolation of coronavirus disease (COVID) cases to reverse the increase in community transmissions, and eventually shift to less strict restrictions in Metro Manila. OCTA fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye said the National Capital Region (NCR) must double its daily testing capacity at the barangay level. There is also a need to expand accessible and accurate testing to allow more workers to go back to work, he said. “Fund and expand contact tr...

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 ka...

(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We’re very proud to partner with Quezon City government, and yes the vaccination site that was chosen was the College of Human Kinetics which is a beautiful site,” OCTA research and UP Professor Ranjit Rye said in a virtual press conference on Thursday. Rye said that the site is already being prepared for the partnership with the local government.  “It’s already being prepared and we’re excited to contribute to the collective efforts of Quezon City as far as vaccination is concerned,” he said.  “Ideal vaccination site because it’...