Former health secretary Manuel Dayrit thinks Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, and Laguna should remain under modified enhanced community quarantine in May, given the continued rise in COVID-19 infections.an extension of the MECQ that has been in place for two weeks and is set to end on Friday, April 30. Before that, this area called"NCR Plus" had been under enhanced community quarantine for two weeks.
The same can be said of Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, and Laguna, where Dayrit noted a decline in cases but also saw a fluctuation in numbers which remain high compared to February levels.ICU capacity still at critical level Dayrit also considered the still low number of people who have gotten vaccinated. As of April 25, only 1.7 million people, out of the target 70 million for herd immunity, have been given anti-COVID-19 shots.
He said government needs to invest more in hospitals and aspects of pandemic response designed to prevent infections. But it remains to be seen if these efforts have done much to prevent deaths of persons awaiting fCOVID-19 treatment.
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