President Rodrigo R. Duterte approved the recommendation of Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to keep Metro Manila under general community quarantine next month despite the government’s efforts to gradually reopen the struggling economy.
Only Lanao del Sur including Marawi City will remain under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) by Thursday.
Batangas, Tacloban City, Bacolod City, Iligan City and Iloilo City will also be under GCQ in October.
Last week, the IATF placed Iloilo City under MECQ initially from Sept. 25, 2020 to Oct. 9, 2020 . However, after its meeting on Monday, it decided to shorten the period to Sept. 30, 2020 upon the appeal of its local government unit.
The rest of the country will remain under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
“The new risk-level classifications will take effect starting Thursday, October 1 until October 31, 2020,” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.
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