MMDA exec: No COVID-19 cases spike in NCR amid election campaigns

Mayors in the National Capital Region have reported that there has been no notable spike in COVID-19 cases since the start of election campaign period on February 8, an official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Wednesday.

At a press conference, MMDA officer-in-charge and general manager Romando Artes said this was discussed during their meeting on Tuesday evening.

“Sinabi po nila na despite yung mga political activities natin, malaking pagtitipon, rallies, motorcades, wala pong notable spike sa kaso ng COVID-19 itong pong past two weeks,” he said.

(They said that despite political activities, mass gatherings, rallies, motorcades, there was no notable spike of COVID-19 these past two weeks.)

As of Monday, Artes said the NCR reported only 363 new infections.

He added that 16 local government units in the region were under low risk for COVID-19 and only one was under moderate risk.

Positivity rate in the NCR was at 4.64%, which was lower than the recommended 5% of the World Health Organization.

Metro Manila mayors on Wednesday issued a resolution recommending the de-escalation of the region to Alert Level 1 from Alert Level 2 starting March 1. —LBG, GMA News