Restrictions eased in metro, 4 provinces

No images? Click here   A woman fills out a for for financial assistance as people line up at a covered court in Tondo, Manila as Metro Manila undergoes week two of ECQ, with Malacanang mulling to extended the lockdown as Covid19 cases surge to around 12,000 this April 2021. INQUIRER/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ     Board Talk CSR initiatives adapt to COVID-19 How kindness and generosity have survived even with the COVID-19 pandemic was discussed at the recent World Vision CSR Summit in Cebu. The summit showcased how groups and individuals determined to help those in greater need could modify their charitable work despite facing serious challenges themselves. --Story by Linda B. Bolido Read more: business.inquirer.net   Regions Curfew violator dies after beating LUCENA CITY—The family of a 26-year-old curfew violator who allegedly died from being repeatedly beaten by barangay tanod (village watchmen) in Calamba City, Laguna province, has appealed to President Duterte for justice. --STORY BY Delfin T. Mallari Jr. Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net   Newsletter / Join us Has this been forwarded by a friend? Subscribe now to the Philippine Daily Inquirer Newsletter and get your latest news and important updates on COVID-19. Subscribe     Sign up   Banner Story Restrictions eased in Metro, 4 provinces​ By Jerome Aning and Dona Z. Pazzibugan @Team_Inquirer   Strict quarantine rules in Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces of Laguna, Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal will be eased slightly starting Monday up to April 30 as hospitals have committed themselves to provide more beds for patients with the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Sunday. President Duterte approved the less stringent modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for Metro Manila and the four provinces—dubbed “National Capital Region (NCR) Plus”—from the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), even as COVID-19 cases continued to rise and swamp hospitals. Total detected cases surged to 864,868 after laboratory tests confirmed 11,681 new infections on Sunday, the third straight day of breaching the 10,000 mark, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The death toll climbed to 14,945 after 201 more fatalities were reported. More than 200 deaths had been reported daily in five of the last six days. The DOH also reported an increasing number of COVID-19 cases with highly infectious virus variants. Genetic analysis detected four of the current variants of concern in 28 percent of the samples sequenced in the past two weeks. In a televised briefing, Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), the temporary body overseeing the government’s response to the pandemic, recommended the MECQ status in NCR Plus and included Santiago City in Isabela province, and Quirino and Abra provinces. The rest of the Cordillera Administrative Region, the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Lanao del Sur and Quezon, and cities of Tacloban, Iligan and Davao were placed under general community quarantine (GCQ). All other places in the country are under modified GCQ, the lowest category of community quarantine. Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net   Editorial Surge in retail investing Preliminary data from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) showed that individual investors accounted for more than 45 percent of market turnover in the first quarter of the year, up from just 26.9 percent in 2020 and 18.2 percent in 2019. Read full story: opinion.inquirer.net Get here   Refer and win a prize     Copyright © 2020 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 2353, Makati Central Post Office, 1263 Makati City, Philippines.   Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe