OCTA to govt: Lock down, Delta cases up

By Red Mendoza

Jul 28, 2021 12:14 am

The independent OCTA Research group has urged the government to go into a 'circuit breaker' lockdown for two weeks to prevent the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

The suggestion came after President Rodrigo Duterte warned during his State of the Nation Address on Monday that a lockdown may happen to protect the country from the devastating effects of the variant.

ANOTHER WORKDAY Health workers enter the field hospital set up by the Philippine Red Cross at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City on Monday, July 26, 2021, amid warnings against another Covid-19 surge driven by the Delta variant. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ

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