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The Paranaque City government will continue to restrict the movement of unvaccinated individuals despite the de-escalation of Metro Manila to Alert Level 2 quarantine status, Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

The Muntinlupa City Council passed an ordinance on Jan. 10 restricting the movement of unvaccinated individuals amid a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases.

Muntinlupa recorded 363 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the city’s total active cases to more than 1,000.

The Taguig police set up checkpoints in the city to check vaccination cards while a hospital stopped face-to-face consultations due to the increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city.

The Taguig City government has adopted a resolution signed by Metro Manila mayors imposing restrictions on the movement of unvaccinated individuals in the National Capital Region under Alert Level 3 or higher.

An ordinance regulating the mobility of unvaccinated individuals in Quezon City was approved by the City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi said Metro Manila mayors have agreed to implement rules that will restrict the movements of unvaccinated persons amid the steep increase in new COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR).

“It’s a race to the unvaccinated.”

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that President Duterte was just expressing his exasperation when he raised that the movement of those unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be limited and that they should just stay home.