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Metro Manila mayors, IATF agree to ease quarantine, Palace says

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/02/19/20210218-brgy-tatalon-dos-demolition-gc-51.jpg"/><figcaption>Residents retrieve their belongings after demolition operations in Barangay Talon Dos, Las Piñas City on Feb. 18, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Metro Manila mayors and the inter-agency task force leading the country&#x27;s COVID-19 response have reached an agreement to place the National Capital Region under modified general community quarantine next month, Malacañang said on Friday. </p><p>The IATF earlier this week urged President Rodrigo Duterte to place the entire country under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the lowest of 4 lockdown levels, to boost the economy. </p><p>&quot;Sabihin na lang natin na nagkasundo na ang IATF na nagrekomenda sa ating Presidente na magkaroon na ng MGCQ sa buong Pilipinas at ang mga alkalde sa Metro Manila,&quot; said Duterte&#x27;s spokesman Harry Roque. </p><p>(Let us just say that the IATF which recommended that the President place the entire Philippines under MGCQ and the mayors of Metro Manila have agreed.)</p><p>&quot;Inaasahan naman natin, dahil mayroon nang ganitong kasunduan sa panig ng IATF at ng mga Metro Manila mayors, e baka naman po sumang-ayon na ang ating Presidente,&quot; he said in a televised announcement. </p><p>(We expect that because of this agreement between the IATF and the Metro Manila mayors, the President might agree.)</p><p>The President on Feb. 22 will decide on quarantine levels for March, said Roque. He said he might announce this before the end of February.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/29/21/mgcq-for-entire-philippines-doable-in-feb-or-march-trade-chief">MGCQ for entire Philippines &#x27;doable&#x27; in Feb or March: trade chief </a></li></ul><p>Nine of the 17 mayors in the capital region are <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/18/21/9-sa-17-metro-manila-mayors-ok-sa-mgcq-sa-marso">in favor</a> of MGCQ in March, the Metro Manila Council said on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1623811" width="100%"></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><p> <br/>Metro Manila, which accounts for about a third of the country&#x27;s gross domestic product, is under GCQ, the second least stringent out of 4 lockdown levels, along with the Cordilleras and 6 other areas in February.</p><p>The rest are under modified general community quarantine, the loosest quarantine restriction level.<br/> </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/01/21/we-are-sinking-duterte-says-philippines-losing-p2-billion-daily-due-to-covid-19">&#x27;We are sinking&#x27;: Duterte says Philippines losing P2 billion daily due to COVID-19</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines has Southeast Asia&#x27;s second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths, at 555,163 and 11,673, respectively. </p><p>The country has yet to receive any COVID-19 shot, with which it hoped to launch its vaccination drive this month, and cover up to 70 million people or two-thirds of the population through the year. </p><p>Further delays could derail economic recovery after the country&#x27;s worst contraction on record last year, when it slumped 9.5 percent, the worst in Southeast Asia.</p><div><strong>— With a report from Reuters</strong></div>

<p>Metro Manila mayors and the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response have reached an agreement to place the National Capital Region under modified general community quarantine next month, Malacañang said on Friday. </p>

Metro Manila mayors and the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response have reached an agreement to place the National Capital Region under modified general community quarantine next month, Malacañang said on Friday.

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Metro Manila mayors, IATF agree to ease quarantine, Palace says

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published Feb 19, 2021 08:23 AM PHT

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Updated Feb 19, 2021 08:42 AM PHT

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