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President Rodrigo Duterte will be discussing with some Cabinet members on Sunday, August 2, the request by several groups of frontliners and health care workers to reimpose a stricter lockdown in Metro Manila and surrounding areas.
In a tweet and in a message sent to reporters, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President “will meet with key cabinet members today to discuss yesterday’s letter from the frontliners.”
Roque added that he will “make the proper announcement in due course.”
On Saturday, August 1, at least 80 medical groups signed a letter to Duterte, asking for a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and Mimaropa. This is to help overcome what they called the country’s “losing battle” against COVID-19.
The letter was written by Dr Mario Panaligan, president of the Philippine College of Physicians, and sent through Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, chief implementer of the government’s national policy on the pandemic.
Duterte on Saturday had already ordered the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases or IATF to “act on these concerns immediately.”
Vice President Leni Robredo, multiple senators, and the Archdiocese of Manila likewise urged the government to listen and consider the health workers’ plea. – Rappler.com
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