Malacañang has asked a group of experts to refrain from publicly giving recommendations regarding quarantine classifications to avoid confusion.
The OCTA Research Team has initially recommended placing under strict quarantine status the town of Bauan, Batangas; Calbayog, Western Samar; and General Trias, Cavite due to high number of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.
According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, it is better for the research groups to leave the decisions to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and local government units (LGUs) that have the mandate to make decisions for their areas.
Secretary Roque has advised the experts to give their suggestions to the IATF-EID in private for the sake of the public.
-PTV News
