THE National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila remains the epicenter of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) while Cebu and other provinces in Mindanao are considered "areas of specific focus," the Department of Health (DoH) said on Tuesday.

“A lot of our experts are saying that NCR is still the epicenter… Ang NCR, kahit tumataas ang Cebu, nakikita natin yung (In NCR, even if we see increases in Cebu, we see) continuous numbers dito sa (here in) NCR,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told reporters in a media briefing.

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