Published May 5, 2021, 4:36 PM An infectious disease expert said Wednesday, May 5, it is still premature to give in to National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Karl Kendrick Chua’s proposal to place the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus under a less stringent community quarantine status this May. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine unit of San Lazaro Hospital, said the number of positive cases recorded per day and the number of hospital admissions should be factored in before the government places Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal under general community quarantine (GCQ) by middle or end of the month as proposed by Chua.