The government made the "right move" in placing Metro Manila under a two-week hard lockdown, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion 3rd said on Friday.

Concepcion made the statement after 10,623 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the country, and the Department of Health (DoH) confirmed that the more contagious Delta variant has been detected in all the cities of the National Capital Region (NCR).

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