Duterte approves ECQ for Metro Manila and nearby provinces
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved placing Metro Manila and nearby provinces under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from March 29 to April 4.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who chairs the National Task Force Against Covid-19, said ECQ was implemented at the right time as new cases were spiking.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) also recommended implementing 'enhanced' PDITR measures in Central Luzon, CAR, Batangas and Quezon.
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