(UPDATE) The curfew in Metro Manila will be shortened by three hours starting May 1, as mayors of the capital regions pushed for a "flexible MECQ" that will also see more businesses reopen, the MMDA said Wednesday.
The curfew will start at 10 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. and will end at 4 a.m. the next day still, the MMDA said. President Rodrigo Duterte will decide late Wednesday on May quarantines for the entire country, including a possible extension of the MECQ in the so-called NCR Plus Bubble.
The bubble covers 24 million people in Metro Manila, Laguna, Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal.
The MECQ is the second highest in a four-step quarantine classification system, after ECQ (enhanced community quarantine). The MECQ is stricter than GCQ (general community quarantine) and MGCQ (modified general community quarantine).
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Still, the 2021 MECQ inside the NCR Plus Bubble is looser than the 2020 MECQ. It allows public transport and al fresco dining.
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