Published July 27, 2021, 12:12 AM
General Community Quarantine (GCQ) “with heightened restrictions” has been imposed anew amid rising concerns over the dreaded COVID-19 Delta variant. The more restrictive regimen was imposed over Metro Manila, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Davao de Oro, and Davao del Norte from July 23 to 31.
Dr. Maurice Edsel Salvana, a noted infectious disease specialist, was featured in President Duterte’s televised weekly program to explain why the emergence of the Delta variant has prompted worldwide concern. In an eyeball: “Delta is more transmissible, potentially deadlier, and can spread quickly faster.”
According to latest data, Delta is 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, and three times more contagious than the original SARS-COV-2 virus. While on average a person infected with the original Wuhan (China) virus could infect another three persons, and the Alpha variant five more, Delta could infect eight more with exponential
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By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published July 23, 2021 9:36am Speaker Lord Allan Velasco expressed confidence Friday that the remaining priority bills of the Duterte administration would be passed into law before the year ends. In a statement, Velasco said the five priority bills, earlier identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), include the proposed Philippine Virology Institute Act, Center for Disease Control Act, Amendments to the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016, Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act, and National Housing Development Act. Definitely, matatapos naman po natin ito before the year ends dahil kitang-kita naman po natin na ang Kongreso, ang Kamara po pag crunch time po eh nagdedeliver naman po, Velasco said in a separate interview on GMA News Unang Balita.