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NCR Plus quarantine easing must hurdle strict criteria
The National Capital Region (NCR) has been downgraded to a moderate-risk area for COVID-19 by OCTA Research Group, noting a decrease in cases and a reproduction rate falling to 0.53.
Despite the downward trend, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque stated that Malacañang will consider various factors and recommendations from mayors before further relaxing restrictions in the NCR bubble.
The NCR, along with Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, remains under General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions until the end of May.
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OCTA Research recommends a gradual easing of restrictions in NCR Plus, but not a downgrade to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ).
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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos Jr. is in favor of increasing business capacity and opening more establishments in Metro Manila by June, citing the declining COVID-19 cases.
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The downward trend in new COVID-19 cases in the NCR Plus area has slowed down over the past week, with its reproduction number slightly increasing to 0.69 from 0.5.
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The seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) decreased by 25 percent to 1,299, according to OCTA Research.
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President Rodrigo Duterte extended the general community quarantine (GCQ) for the NCR Plus areas, including Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, until June 15, 2021.
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