Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal were placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) with “heightened restrictions” from May 15 to May 31 amid a decline in new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to ease the quarantine restrictions in the NCR Plus.

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