Manila, Sept. 29 -- Mayor Evelio Leonardia said Monday the city is ready to transition to the less stringent general community quarantine (GCQ) status after putting in place various measures to limit the local transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
This was underscored by Leonardia in a letter addressed to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, chairman of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), hours before the latter announced during President Rodrigo Duterte's televised address on Monday night that Bacolod's status would be de-escalated to GCQ effective October 1.
Bacolod was placed under modified ECQ from September 8 to 30, which suspended all forms of public transpor...