METRO Manila and four adjacent provinces may shift to an "ordinary" general community quarantine by next week, as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in these areas improves, Malacañang said on Thursday.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said there was an improvement in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus, including a "low" hospital care utilization rate.

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