Gov't eyeing 'selective quarantine' if COVID-19 parameters met: task force chief

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YLWyF5zjIqg?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>MANILA - The government may implement &quot;selective quarantine&quot; if the country meets certain thresholds and local governments enforce strict lockdown, the chief implementer of the Philippines&#x27; COVID-19 response team said Sunday.Luzon, home to roughly half of the country&#x27;s 100-million population, was placed under lockdown until April 30 to control the pandemic.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/07/20/philippines-modified-lockdown-manufacturing-business-pernia">Socieconomic planning chief seeks loosening of lockdown for some businesses</a></li></ul>&quot;I believe ang gagawin po namin, pinaigting po namin ang regional, provincial at barangay quarantines para at least pag nakikita natin na-iimplement sa barangay, we can relax na po sa national, magkaroon po tayo ng tinatawag na selective quarantine,&quot; Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. told ANC.&quot;Pag nakapag-massive testing tayo, na-isolate na ang suspected carriers natin, tumaas ang recoveries natin, bumaba po ang deaths at new cases yun po ang tinitingnan natin.&quot;Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, however, said if a community sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, it has to be prepared to go into an enhanced community quarantine.&quot;Para we’ll be able to maintain the flattening of the curve and para hindi tayo ma-overwhelm dun sa ating healthcare capacity para we stretch it as much as possible until the world finds a vaccine,&quot; he said.Nograles added that government has formed a technical working group to prepare for a post-quarantine scenario.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/01/20/coronavirus-philippines-government-readies-luzon-for-life-after-lockdown">Life after lockdown: Gov&#x27;t readies Luzon for &#x27;new normal&#x27; after quarantine</a></li></ul>Galvez said local healthcare facilities must be given capacity to handle COVID-19 cases.&quot;Once yung barangays, municipalities, and cities, and also yung provincial at regional, they will have developed that community resiliency and ability to react to series of waves of new cases, &#x27;yun po ang nakikita natin na new normal,&quot; he said.&quot;Hindi natin masasabi hanggat walang vaccine, magkakaroon tayo ng relapse, at first, second wave attack.&quot;Galvez said the country&#x27;s lockdown of some 45 days would be enough to contain the pandemic.&quot;Yes, nakita natin sa experience ng China, they conducted a lockdown for almost 50 days. Tayo more or less 45 days,&quot; he said.

Government may implement "selective quarantine" if the country meets certain thresholds and local governments enforce strict lockdown, the chief implementer of the Philippines' COVID-19 response team said Sunday.

Government may implement "selective quarantine" if the country meets certain thresholds and local governments enforce strict lockdown, the chief implementer of the Philippines' COVID-19 response team said Sunday.

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Gov't eyeing 'selective quarantine' if COVID-19 parameters met: task force chief

Gillan Ropero,

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Published Apr 12, 2020 10:28 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 12, 2020 10:43 AM PHT

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