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MANILA, Philippines – “It is not because [the] Government. It’s because of the virus ”.
Malacañang reiterated on Monday that it is not the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that should be blamed for the country’s apparent return to “starting point” after Metro Manila and four other provinces were placed under community quarantine again. improved (ECQ) after more than a year of the health crisis.
“It is not by [the] Government. It’s because of the virus, it’s because the virus mutated. Now there is the UK, South Africa, Brazil and even the Philippine variant, “said presidential spokesman Harry Roque in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.
“Unfortunately, all of these variants made the disease more infectious and more communicable. So I would like to emphasize that they are not just foreign variants. Even the Philippine variant is now something that no one could have done anything about because it is in the nature of viruses to mutate, “he added.
Over the weekend, Malacañang announced that Metro Manila and four adjacent provinces (Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna) will return to ECQ status from March 29 to April 4 due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.
It was in March of last year that the government first placed Metro Manila and other areas under an ECQ.
“What we have to do now is adapt to these new variants, if they are more transmissible, then we will be more attentive to our ‘Mask, Hugas, Iwas’ and of course our bakuna,” added Roque.
“So yung mga nagse-second thoughts pa about bakuna, it is more transmissible, although it is not more deadly … with more people getting sick, there will inevitably be more people who will become seriously and critically ill, so have your vaccination if you can have it now, ”he added.
On Sunday, the Philippines registered 9,475 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the country’s total to 721,892 cases (105,568 active cases).
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