The group issued the statement as the Department of Health admitted that the rise in cases eclipsed that in 2020. The country now has 684,311 Covid-19 cases. If MECQ is implemented in two to four weeks, the Covid-19 surge may be controlled or knocked down, Rye said. Octa Senior Research Fellow Dr. Guido David said they hoped that the NCR Plus bubble would work in one to two weeks. De Guzman agreed with Octa that it could take two weeks before the results of the NCR bubble could be felt.

Source: Manila Times March 24, 2021 16:41 UTC