{"id":263736,"date":"2020-08-01T09:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263736"},"modified":"2020-08-01T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T13:30:17","slug":"duterte-orders-iatf-to-reconsider-imposing-ecq-in-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/01\/duterte-orders-iatf-to-reconsider-imposing-ecq-in-ncr\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte orders IATF to reconsider imposing ECQ in NCR"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on July 30, 2020. SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to reconsider tightening the community quarantine status in Metro Manila to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

This, after medical front-liners called on the Duterte government to impose ECQ in Metro Manila from August 1 to 15 due to the continuing spike in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in the country\u2019s metropolis.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Rodrigo Roa Duterte has heard the concerns of the medical community and the Chief Executive has directed the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases to act on these concerns immediately,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

In a taped public address aired on Friday, Duterte announced that Metro Manila would be under general community quarantine (GCQ), third to the most stringent community quarantine imposed by the government, until August 15.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s announcement came despite Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s repeated statements that Metro Manila might be placed once again under ECQ, the strictest quarantine classification.<\/p>\n

Several medical workers who are helping the government fight Covid-19 have asked Duterte to consider their appeal to implement ECQ in Metro Manila from August 1 to 15.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mario Panaligan, president of the Philippine College of Physicians, appealed for the reimposition of ECQ in Metro Manila, saying the medical professionals are already \u201ctired.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe propose that the two-week ECQ be used as a time out to refine our pandemic control strategies,\u201d Panaligan said in an August 1 letter backed by other health organizations.<\/p>\n

Roque said the Palace acknowledges the \u201cskilled, tireless and dedicated\u201d health care workers in the country as \u201cimportant front-liners in the battle against Covid-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for their immense contributions to heal our people and our nation during these difficult times. Your voices have been heard. We cannot afford to let down our modern heroes. This is our commitment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As of July 31, Metro Manila, the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, has recorded a total of 50,611 confirmed Covid-19 cases, according to the Covid-19 tracker uploaded on the official website of the Department of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA \u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":263737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263738,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263736\/revisions\/263738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}