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COVID-19 surge foreseen in Metro Manila still reversible: OCTA

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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/07/25/20210721-malate-flooding-vaccine-site-mh100329_1.jpg"/><figcaption>People brave the flood as they queue for COVID-19 vaccine outside the San Andres Sports Complex vaccination site in Malate, Manila on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. <em>Mores Heramis, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The COVID-19 surge foreseen in Metro Manila amid the detection in the country of the Delta variant is still reversible, independent research group OCTA said Sunday.</p><p>The group had earlier said Metro Manila was already in the early stage of another coronavirus surge most likely due to the Delta variant.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/21/ncr-early-stages-covid19-pandemic-new-surge-delta-variant-octa">OCTA: NCR seeing &#x27;early stages&#x27; of COVID-19 surge that may be driven by Delta variant</a></li></ul><p>&quot;This is a cause for concern, pero di pa naman ito (but it&#x27;s not) irreversible. There is still a window for us to have intervention and slow down this increase in cases,&quot; Professor Guido David told ABS-CBN&#x27;s TeleRadyo.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Pag di natin matutukan ito (If we don&#x27;t focus on this), this could escalate to more cases than or a similar surge to what we saw in March, April.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/24/21/philippines-under-second-wave-of-covid-19-expert">Philippines under &#x27;second wave&#x27; of COVID-19 - expert</a></li></ul><p>In the capital region, Valenzuela City at 1.61 has the highest reproduction number, or the number of people infected by a virus patient. It is followed by Manila at 1.43, David said.</p><p>Metro Manila&#x27;s placement under general community quarantine with heightened restrictions and the prohibition of children aged 5 and above from going outdoors would help in controlling the surge, he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/23/21/metro-manila-ilocos-norte-ilocos-sur-davao-de-oro-davao-del-norte-gcq-with-restrictions-covid-delta-threat-iatf">Metro Manila, 4 provinces under &#x27;GCQ with heightened restrictions&#x27; to curb COVID-19 Delta&#x27;s spread</a></li></ul><p>Curfew, border control, and fully-vaccinated individuals may also mitigate the surge, David said. Some 20 percent of the capital region&#x27;s population have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, he noted.</p><p>&quot;So yung position ng iba, maybe we can have more strict restrictions para mapigilan na natin ito at the outset pa lang, and we can have a merry Christmas kasi yung vaccinations natin, we’re continuing to roll out,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Others&#x27; position is maybe we can have more strict restrictions so we can prevent this at the outset and we can have a merry Christmas because our vaccination rollout continues.)</p><p>&quot;If we can beat the Delta variant, it would be a big victory for us. Parang Olympic victory din &#x27;yun (It would be like an Olympic victory).&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/25/21/edsel-salvana-iatf-delta-variant">Delta variant highly potent but can be beaten: IATF expert</a></li></ul><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=1734147" 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 Philippines aims to inoculate 58 million residents of Metro Manila and key economic hubs by end of this year to achieve population protection.</p><p>Some 5,560,029 individuals are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 as government has administered a total of 16,426,267 jabs.</p><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script></div>

<p>The COVID-19 surge foreseen in Metro Manila amid the detection in the country of the Delta variant is still reversible, independent research group OCTA said Sunday.</p>

The COVID-19 surge foreseen in Metro Manila amid the detection in the country of the Delta variant is still reversible, independent research group OCTA said Sunday.