Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 1) — A COVID-19 monitoring group expressed its support for the further easing of restrictions in Metro Manila amid low risk of coronavirus resurgence.
David noted 96% of Metro Manila’s adult population received their first dose, while 80% are fully vaccinated.
“Mas bumababa ang chance na magkaroon ng resurgence dahil maraming protektado,” he said.
“We support ‘yung pag-relax sa Alert Level 2 para makabawi ang mga negosyo,” David added.
[Translation: The chance of having a resurgence decreases because many adults are now protected. We support the relaxation to alert Level 2 for businesses to recover.]
The pandemic response task force decided to still place Metro Manila under Alert Level 3 until Nov. 14.
David said the capital region’s positivity rate declined to 5% which is an “ideal” number recommended by the World Health Organization.
The positivity rate is the percentage of tested people with positive results for COVID-19.
“It is safe to reopen our businesses at this time,” he said.
David said the country has “enough testing right now”.
“We’re seeing an actual trend na bumababa ang cases, hindi lang sa Metro Manila, pati sa iba’t ibang regions sa bansa,” he said.
[Translation: We’re seeing an actual trend that the cases are decreasing, not only in Metro Manila, but also in various regions of the country.]
OCTA Research Group fellow Guido David said there’s no COVID-19 variant threatening the improvement in the pandemic situation. He added that more adults in the capital are now protected against the virus.
