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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 3) — The OCTA Research Team favors extending the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Bulacan, and Laguna or NCR Plus for at least a week, saying seven days are not enough to slow the spread of COVID-19. "This one-week ECQ is certainly not enough. We are definitely not out of the woods, and we need an additional week and maybe more," OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye said in a briefing Saturday. "If the R [reproduction number] does not drop dramatically in the next 7 days, the national government has to be prepared to co...

Manila, Philippines – The Philippines is facing a surge in coronavirus cases as it marks a year since the government imposed one of the world’s longest lockdowns. On Monday, the health department reported 5,404 new coronavirus infections  – the country’s highest single-day count since August 2020 – exactly a year since the government enforced stringent stay-at-home orders in the country’s most populous regions. Even high-ranking officials have not been spared: President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque on Monday told journalists he had tested positive for COVID-19. A few...

Editorial: Covid-19 transmission red flags

MMC chairman and Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez says police and military personnel will be deployed all over Metro Manila to ensure strict implementation of the region’s uniform curfew hours.

An independent research group that has been studying the country’s coronavirus situation is recommending stricter mobility restrictions particularly for Metro Manila, saying compliance with minimum public health standards alone is no longer enough at this point due to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases.