President Rodrigo Duterte put Metro Manila and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan under MECQ from August 4 to August 18 to give exhausted health workers a breather following a renewed surge of COVID-19 cases since most of the economy reopened last June.
Full Post on Source: 3,226 COVID-19 new infections push Philippines' caseload to 106,330
