“We might open partially, construction workers and things like that. You wait for the… lalabas na ho, lalabas na ‘yung modified and ano natin quarantine,” Duterte said in a taped address aired Monday evening. “We will allow sectors of society na hindi talaga nagdidikit-dikitan. Kaya modified muna eh.”
[Translation: We might open partially, construction workers and things like that. You wait for the… it will soon be out, our quarantine will be modified. We will allow sectors of society that do not come into close contact with each other. That’s why we’re modifying it for now.]
Duterte, however, did not provide any specifics on the possible modification of the enhanced community quarantine, which has been extended in Metro Manila, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecijia, Pampanga, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Albay and Catanduanes until May 15.
Meanwhile, all other low-risk and moderate-risk areas will be under a general community quarantine until mid-May.
To date, the country has recorded 7,777 cases of COVID-19, including 932 recoveries and 511 fatalities.
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