With All The News, Good & Bad, Each One Is Still On His Own

The good news is that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has al-lowed, starting Monday, the raising of the limits on church attendance in General Community Quarantine (GCQ) areas like Metro Manila from 30 to 50 percent, and the reopening on March 1 of movie houses up to 50 percent of capacity.

It is a sign of the improving COVID-19 situation in the country. Staring last Tuesday, the IATF also allowed more foreigners to enter the country, including foreigners with valid working visas, student visas, special investors visas, and special employment generation visas.

Around the world, the number of new cases decreased by 24 percent in the United States and Canada, 20 percent in Africa, 18 percent in Asia, 15 percent in Europe, 10 percent in Latin America, and 2 percent in the Middle East. The biggest falls were in Portugal, by 54 percent; Israel, by 39 percent; Spain, by 39 percent; South Africa, 37 percent; Colombia and Japan, by 35 percent.