MANILA, Philippines — Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri called on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to implement “stricter measures” in Northern Mindanao in order to control the rise of COVID-19 cases there.
This, while Zubiri raised alarm over the recent surge of COVID-19 infections across the region.
“I am appealing to the IATF to impose stricter measures in Northern Mindanao to control the rise of cases, and to instruct the regional IATF to enforce these measures now before the outbreak gets worse,” he said.
“The region might benefit from a change in our quarantine classification, as well as localized lockdowns…
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