MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. backed on Monday the lifting of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), saying that it was time to see whether or not the public “learned hard enough to step out safely.”“I am for GCG (general community quarantine). We’ve had enough ECQ to instill in the quarantined public the imperative health measures — distance, masks,” Locsin said over Twitter. ADVERTISEMENT“Time to test if the public learned hard enough to step out safely — workers back to jobs, businesses back to business. Metro Manila and other high-risk provinces remain under an enhanced community quarantine while the more relaxed general community quarantine was imposed on other moderate to low-risk areas starting on May 1. Earlier, Malacañang said only certain areas in Metro Manila could transition into the relaxed GCQ while the rest would remain under the ECQ.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 11, 2020 15:11 UTC