MANILA, Philippines — Agroup of expertsmonitoring the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines is proposing the implementation of a “hard general community quarantine” (hard GCQ) or a “soft modified enhanced community quarantine” (MECQ) in a move to contain the current surge of cases in the country.
In a press briefing, professorRanjitRye of the UPOCTAResearch Team said that while following minimum health public standards are important, this approach alone will not be enough to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases.
“The purpose of our circuit breaker proposal or you can call it a ‘hard GCQ’, ‘soft ECQ’ or whatever name the government decides to use m…
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