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Metro Manila, CAR,6 areas under GCQ in February

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/29/20210105-commuters-traffic-commonwealth-jc-011332310_ios.jpg"/><figcaption>Commuters take public transportation along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Jan. 5, 2021. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Metro Manila, the Cordilleras and 6 other areas will be under general community quarantine in February to arrest the spread of COVID-19, Malacañang said on Friday. </p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte placed the following areas under GCQ from Feb. 1 to 28, his spokesman Harry Roque said.</p><ul>	<li>Metro Manila </li>	<li>CAR	<ul>		<li>  Abra</li>		<li>  Apayao</li>		<li>  Benguet</li>		<li>  Baguio City</li>		<li>  Ifugao</li>		<li>  Kalinga</li>		<li>  Mountain Province </li>	</ul>	</li>	<li>Calabarzon         	<ul>		<li>  Batangas province </li>	</ul>	</li>	<li>Region 8 	<ul>		<li>  Tacloban City </li>	</ul>	</li>	<li>Region 11	<ul>		<li>  Davao City </li>		<li>  Davao Del Norte</li>	</ul>	</li>	<li>BARMM	<ul>		<li>  Lanao Del Sur </li>		<li>  Iligan City </li>	</ul>	</li></ul><p><br/>The rest of the country will be under modified GCQ, the most lenient lockdown level, Roque said in a public briefing. </p><p>His announcement comes after a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant was detected in the country </p><p>&quot;Wala pa pong conclusive na datos na nakukuha kung prevalent na ang UK variant sa Pilipinas,&quot; said Roque. </p><p>(There are no conclusive data yet on whether or not the UK variant is prevalent in the Philippines.)<br/> <br/>&quot;Almost 75 percent&quot; of the economy is open in GCQ areas, said Roque. </p><p>Metro Manila, which accounts for about a third of the country&#x27;s gross domestic product, has been under GCQ since August 2020, with stricter lockdowns enforced in earlier months as COVID-19 infections rose. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/27/21/proposed-gcq-status-for-metro-manila-in-february-a-correct-judgement-galvez">Proposed GCQ status for Metro Manila in February a &#x27;correct judgement&#x27;: Galvez </a></li></ul><p>The Philippines has tallied 519,575 coronavirus infections, as of Monday. The unabated first wave of infections has prevented the economy from fully reopening.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V7EUYe4qPE0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div> <br/> </div>

<p> Metro Manila and 13 other areas will be under will remain under general community quarantine until in February to arrest the spread of COVID-19, Malacañang said on Friday. </p>

Metro Manila and 13 other areas will be under will remain under general community quarantine until in February to arrest the spread of COVID-19, Malacañang said on Friday.