This comes as the government placed Metro Manila under the more relaxed Alert Level 2 effective Feb. 1 until Feb. 15 despite the ongoing surge in other areas.
"low risk" for COVID-19 in two weeks if the decrease in daily infections is sustained, according to OCTA Research.
"NCR could improve to low risk within two weeks if downtrend continues," OCTA fellow Guido David said on Sunday.despite the ongoing COVID-19 surge in other areas.OCTA on Saturday said there is an uptick in new infections in Metro Manila, which was a"surprise and not really supported by other indicators.""Resurgence?" David said."It beat the Jan. 20 projections for the first time. Hopefully, it is just backlog.
David also said Metro Manila's COVID-19 reproduction number — or the number of people an infected person can transmit the virus to — dropped to 0.47"We need to strictly comply with health protocols to bring this down to low risk," David said.
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