FILE PHOTO: An area on granular lockdown as such a scheme will be pilot tested in Metro Manila to stop the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. INQUIRER/NINO JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� The number of areas in Metro Manila placed under granular lockdown has gone down to 35, with only 148 households affected, Interior Secretary Eduardo A帽o said Wednesday.
In a taped briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte aired Wednesday morning, A帽o said a total of 413 areas across the country are under granular lockdown as of Nov. 6,聽affecting a total of 7,000 households or 29,000 individuals.
A total of 44 areas, including cities and provinces, are currently under the government鈥檚 new five-tier alert level system, which shifted the focus from community wide quarantine restrictions to granular lockdowns.
Metro Manila is currently under Alert Level 2 until Nov. 21.