Government decision over Metro Manila GCQ status defended by the Palace.
METRO MANILA GCQ STATUS – Malacañang defended the government’s decision to put Metro Manila under general community quarantine status.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night, May 28, approved to ease down Metro Manila’s lock down measure starting June 1 shifting to general community quarantine (GCQ). This is despite the increasing numbers of infected cases in the Metro as reported by the Department of Health (DOH).
With this government’s decision, the Palace came in defense citing that people need to go to work. Harry Roque, presidential spokesperson said during a recent interview in GMA’s Unang Hirit, “Alam niyo kasi binabalanse din natin ito dun sa karapatan ng ating mga mamamayan na magkaroon ng kabuhayan.”
Another truth about this as well is that the government cannot provide for the people who got suspended from work for a longer period of time due to limited resources. And that’s what they are accordingly balancing now.
The president, in his address, stressed that the fatality rate related to COVID-19 in the Philippines is not that bad at all. He said according to Inquirer, “Ang patay po is 921. (Our death toll is at 921) So you would see that the Philippines has ratio and proportion vis-à-vis with the population, we have a low rate of mortality here in this country.”
Other areas put under GCQ status aside from Metro Manila are: Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, Pangasinan, Albay, and Davao City. On May 28, the country has recorded its highest jump in confirmed cases registered in just one (1) day which was at 539 as per previous article.
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