U.P Expert view on bringing back Manila, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal to MGCQ.

The results of positive cases are still arising especially the Philippines. There are more than 100k positive COVID patients and still increasing. Manila, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal are back to MECQ (Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine) Starting August 4-18 to stop the spreading of the virus. Here is what a UP expert said about bringing Manila, Laguna, Cavite and Rizal back to MGCQ

“Makakatulong talaga yan kasi mababawasan yung transmission na nangyayari sa public transportation, sa mga office. Pag lumalabas yung mga tao mas mataas yung infection kasi mas maraming contacts na nangyayari sa mga tao.”

(It (MECQ) will really help because it will lessen the transmission in public transport and office. When more people go out, infection is higher because there are a lot of physical contacts happening),” David a UP expert.

“Kung mapapababa natin, babagal din talaga yan sa two weeks na yan. Pero kung flattening the curve, hindi pa siguro kaya kasi masyadong mabilis. Sa Cebu kasi, inabot nang isang buwan pero na-flatten nila yung curve nila… Malaki rin naman yung matutulong nito kasi in theory, in two weeks, pwedeng mawala yung virus kung di talaga nagkakaroon ng transmission. In theory, kayang mawala yung virus kasi two weeks lang naman yung life span nung virus.

(If we can lower the transmission, it will really slow down in two weeks. But flattening the curve is impossible because MECQ is too short. In Cebu, it took them a month before they flattened their curve… the MECQ will also help a lot because, in theory, the virus can disappear in two weeks if there’s no transmission because the life span of the virus is only two weeks),” David added.

“Pero syempre, hindi natin talagang inaasahang mawawala yan. Magkakaroon pa rin ng transmission yan pero malaki matutulong nyan sa pagbaba ng bilang tsaka sa frontliners. Kasi ngayon umaabot tayo ng 4,000 to 5,000 cases per day.

Kung mapababa natin yan, malaking ginhawa yan sa frontliners

(It can’t eliminate the virus. The transmission will still happen but MECQ will help reduce transmission a lot and help our frontliners. Because now we have 4,000 to 5,000 per day. If we can reduce this, it will be a great relief to our frontliners),” David added.

Everyone is having a hard time, bringing it back to MECQ will help a lot of our frontliners but affect most of us. It is taking the possible risk to help everyone.