Doctors Group: MECQ no need to extend

Just Now News, Philippines - According to a group of doctors, there is no need to extend the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila, and Province of Cavite, Province of Laguna, Province of Rizal and Province of Bulacan after August 18, 2020. 

If we remember last August 4, 2020 the President Rodrigo Roa. Duterte declared to back the Metro Manila and other provinces to Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ), start August 4, 2020 to August 18, 2020, and on or before August the 18, 2020 the President make a new announcement weather the MECQ will be extend. 

The vice president of Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) Dr. Maricar Limpin said that they have improved the blueprint for better protocols against COVID-19 and they target to release it before the end of Modified Community Quarantine (MECQ).

And this is according to Dr. Maricar Limpin, it is necessary to follow the said blueprint to ensure that the case of COVID-19 does not increase again in Metro Manila, not only Metro Manila but in the entire country the Philippines. 

Dr. Maricar Limpin also said, that "Health and livelihood can exist both. We just need to make sure that the programs are already there and we have done them and we need to implement them well. Dr. Limpin added that statement. 

The President of Private Hospitals Association Philippines  Dr. Rustico Jimenez, agree of this. 

The good news of this is the Department of Health is now listening to the voices of experts so it is developing a better way to deal with the pandemic, it is good if help one another, expert to expert. 

Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ) Results:

Good News is, According to the University of the Philippines (UP) researchers, the transmission rate or the spread of COVID-19 in Metro Manila and other provinces including the MECQ is slowing down. Thank you Lord, I hope it continues. 

According also to Professor Guido David of UP research team he said the slowing down cases of COVID-19 is the good effect of the Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ) implementation. 

He added the statement and said the slowing down is not yet felt because there is a delay in the effect of restrictions on community quarantine.

According to them in the next 2 weeks it is expected to see the fall of new cases of the said COVID-19. 

Here bellow is statement of David:

"The so-called reproduction number is declining. This means that the transmission is slowing down. It used to be about 1.5 in NCR and the Philippines, now it is 1.2. That is a big drop. flatten the curve, "This statement is fromDavid.

Do you Agree this statement from UP-OCTA? according to the UP-OCTA research team, the number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines will hit One Hundred Ninety Thousand (190,000) by the end of August, 2020.

Many say that if the implementation of the lock down continues in Metro Manila and throughout the Philippines, the country's economy may collapse.

If the Philippine economy collapses, the government will have no funds and will no longer be able to provide supply to millions of Filipinos, and surely many will be hungry.

So I hope that if Metro Manila is returned to the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) again, I hope we will learn to follow, we will learn to take care of ourselves so that we can fight this COVID19.

Follow the protocol of experts, like the Department of Health, and other experts, because they are the ones who know at this time, because they are the ones who studied medicine, so we have to follow what their advice is.

Source : ABS CBN