MANILA, Philippines — Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez on Friday said it is high time to place the whole country under the more permissive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) in March since the number of Covid-19 cases are being managed efficiently.
He said on Friday that some sectors have lobbied for a downgrading of quarantine classifications since November last year but health experts have advised against it considering that a surge of cases may be seen during the holiday season and there was the threat of a new Covid-19 variant.
However, as the holidays went by, no surge of Covid-19 cases were observed.
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