MANILA, Philippines — The OCTA Research group on Wednesday urged the national government to rethink its decision to allow persons aged 15 to 65 as well as conducting conferences and seminars in general community quarantine (GCQ) areas as these may trigger another wave of COVID-19 infections.
“We understand the logic of economic promotion in these directives but given the reality of significant outbreaks still in many GCQ areas, we believe that at this time, these directives are risky and opposed to good/sensible pandemic management,” the OCTA research group said in its latest report.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) recent…
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