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Metro Manila mayors OK 2-week curfew as COVID-19 cases rise

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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/03/11/20200423-covid-sampaloc-lockdown-gc-6864.jpg"/><figcaption>Uniformed personnel of the JTF-NCR man the corner of Maceda and España boulevard in Manila as the “hard lockdown” was implemented on 8pm of April 23, 2020. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> - Metro Manila mayors have agreed to implement a unified curfew in the capital region as the country continues to record high COVID-19 cases, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos confirmed Thursday. </p><p>Abalos said local chief executives agreed on imposing a 2-week curfew hours from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. It will start on Monday, March 15, 2021. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/10/21/list-metro-manila-cities-reintroduce-curfew-hours-amid-rising-covid-19-cases">LIST: Metro Manila cities reintroduce curfew hours amid rising COVID-19 cases</a></li></ul><p>Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said they were only waiting for their respective city councils to pass the ordinance.</p><p>&quot;The reason is that we are expecting that by April 1, IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) will make the pronouncement on the new quarantine status for the country,&quot; he told ANC Friday. </p><p>City councils will also determine the penalties for COVID-19 rule flouters.</p><p>Teodoro stressed that city authorities would have to calibrate their capacity to enforce health protocols.</p><p>&quot;Since we relaxed travel restrictions and other protocols we have on mobility and when we opened up several economic activities, more people came out from their houses [and] from their quarantine. So, our enforcement capacity [wasn&#x27;t] able to cope with the number of people outside,&quot; he said.</p><p>Teodoro also said they had yet to agree on data sharing, contact tracing and having coordinated lockdowns to halt the COVID-19 spread.</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=1638175" 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>The proposal of imposing uniform curfew hours came as the country logged a record-high daily rise of 3,749, the highest since September last year. </p><p>An official earlier said that a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/10/21/ph-ramps-up-testing-as-covid-19-cases-surge-in-metro-manila">most</a> of the newly-recorded cases have come from the capital region, home to about a tenth of the country&#x27;s population.</p><p>The Department of the Interior and Local Government earlier urged local government units in the capitol region to adopt uniform curfew hours to &quot;make it easier for the public to comply.&quot; </p><p>The reimposition of curfew also came as the country slowly rolls out its COVID-19 vaccination program, prioritizing health-care workers and soldiers.</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=1630105" 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><div><strong>- With a report from Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>Metro Manila mayors have agreed to implement a unified curfew in the capital region as the country continues to record high COVID-19 cases, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos confirmed Thursday. </p>

Metro Manila mayors have agreed to implement a unified curfew in the capital region as the country continues to record high COVID-19 cases, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos confirmed Thursday.