COVID-19 task force tells Pinoys: Be responsible, don't panic as Delta threat looms

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The inter-agency task force leading the country's pandemic response on Wednesday urged Filipinos to keep calm and refrain from speculating on quarantine restrictions for August, following a call for a stricter lockdown to arrest the spread of the highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant.

The OCTA research group has urged government to place Metro Manila under a "circuit-breaking" lockdown to curb an uptick in coronavirus infections in the capital, following the confirmation of the Delta variant's local transmission.

The task force, he said, would meet again on Thursday about the appeals and submit a final recommendation to President Rodrigo Duterte. Hospitals in Metro Manila may reach full capacity by mid-August if the national government does not tighten community quarantine restrictions in the region, OCTA said Wednesday.

"Once a Delta surge begins, it accelerates in an explosive fashion," he said in an online press conference.

 

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