MARAMING lugar sa bansa ang nananatiling walang kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019.
At ang mga lugar na ito ay maaaring ideklarang COVID-19 free kapag natapos na ang Enhanced Community Quarantine, ayon kay House committee on transportation chairman Edgar Mary Sarmiento.
Ayon kay Sarmiento sa pagtataya ng Department of Health, 105 sa 711 siyudad at munisipalidad sa bansa ang mayroong kaso ng COVID-19. Sa 40 probinsya, 23 naman ang may kaso ng COVID-19.
“This modified system basically means that we will have areas that would remain under ECQ but we will also have areas that will be allowed to open businesses and allow their residents to go back to their normal lives. These areas will maintain a closed border and continue to observe social distancing as extra precaution,” ani Sarmiento.
Ang panukala ni Sarmiento ay katulad pahayag ng kanyang kapatid na si Mel Senen Sarmiento, dating Interior and Local Government Secretary at dating National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council Vice-Chairman.
“Where there is presence of COVID-19 cases, PUM/PUIs, put them under enhanced community quarantine. Places with none, downgrade to community quarantine and after assessing, places with no risk can be downgraded further to normal status,” saad ng dating kalihim ng DILG sa kanyang Facebook post.