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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Mindanao, BARMM under MGCQ

INTER-AGENCY Task Force on Emerging Infection Diseases or IATF-EID has placed the whole of Mindanao, including Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces - except Zamboanga and Davao cities - under moderate general community quarantine or MGCQ until June 15 despite the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.


‘Davao and Zamboanga cities remain under general community quarantine’

The IATF-EID is chaired by Health Secretary Francisco Duque and co-chaired by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Norgrales who both signed Resolution No. 40 on May 27 and approved by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte also placed the National Capital Region under general community quarantine (GCQ) starting June 1.

MGCQ refers to the transition between general community quarantine or GCQ and the “New Normal”, when the following temporary measures are relaxed and become less necessary - limiting movement and transportation, the regulation of operating industries, and the presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols. 

Duterte also instructed Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque to announce places where there will be changes depending on what the President called “the viability of the place to meet the challenges of Covid-19.”

“The state has every right to control your movement if you pass on the contagion to the population,” Duterte said as he expressed confidence that Filipinos will follow quarantine protocols.

“The level of confidence is very high. Unang-una, napatunayan ng mga Pilipino na kaya nilang sumunod dahil naman by and large ‘no, itong more than 70 days na tayo ay nagkaroon ng ECQ at MECQ ay pinatunayan natin na disiplinado po ang mga Pilipino,” Roque said.

Roque said the public know that stricter quarantine rules could be re-imposed should there be a sharp increase in the Covid-19 cases. “Tingin ko alam din ng mga Pilipino na mas malaki iyong magiging banta sa kanilang buhay at kabuhayan kung sa puntong ito, matapos na nawalan ng 70 days tayo at nakakulong lang tayo sa ating mga pamamahay ay babalik sila sa dati,” he said.

Roque said case doubling time or the time it takes for the number of Covid-19 cases to double in number, along with the critical care capacity and economics are the top considerations that experts and the IATF are looking at in basing recommendations with regard to community quarantine decisions. “At siyempre po importante rin, balansehin natin iyan, iyong ating ekonomiya dahil kung buhay naman tayo sa Covid pero wala naman tayong hanap-buhay eh ganoon din po ang suma-total,” he said.

The Department of Health said there are more than 15,000 positive Covid-19 cases in the country with more than 900 deaths, according to Roque. “Let me put it this way, habang walang bakuna, habang wala pong gamot, talagang tataas ang numero ng Covid-19 cases,” he said. (Mindanao Examiner)



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