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Several lawmakers back medical groups' call for revert of NCR to ECQ
Various medical associations have requested President Rodrigo Duterte to revert Metro Manila to an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 1 to August 15, citing that healthcare workers are overwhelmed and the healthcare system is strained.
Several lawmakers, including Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator Richard Gordon, have voiced their support for the medical community's call for a revert to ECQ.
Senator Recto urged the President to personally listen to the physicians' concerns and stated that the government must meet the health community's sacrifices with greater resolve and resources.
The Department of Health (DOH) supported the call for a 'time-out' in NCR and committed to proactively lead the implementation of effective localized lockdowns.
The DOH vowed to revisit its strategy and develop an updated version in seven days with the help of health sector stakeholders and asked the public to follow health measures to prevent overwhelming the healthcare system.
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President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet are reviewing an appeal from medical front-liners to reimpose a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila.
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Dr. Maricar Limpin, Vice President of the Philippine College of Physicians, urged the government to reimpose an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila for two weeks to provide a much-needed "breather" for exhausted frontliners.
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Senator Francis Pangilinan supports the call of healthcare workers to reimpose a stricter enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR).
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Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal are placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from August 4 to August 18, 2020.
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President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to reconsider placing Metro Manila under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).
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