The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Spokesperson Restituto Padilla on Sunday (Sept. 19) said a two-week extension of the implementation of COVID-19 Alert Level 4 in the National Capital Region (NCR) may be possible depending on the result of the policy’s pilot implementation.
“Posible kasi pilot implementation lang ito so ibig sabihin, tinitingnan kung magiging epektibo at kung magkakaroon ng effects sa pagbaba ng mga kaso,” NTF Spokesperson Restituto Padilla said.
“Kung maganda ang magiging datos, at ang resulta, maaaring i-implement sa ibang lugar o gawing malawakan ang implementasyon,” he added.
According to the independent research group OCTA, one-week growth rates in the NCR were negative for the past few days.
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