COTABATO CITY – The national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has placed the following areas in different quarantine classifications based on the number of active Covid-19 cases and the risks posed by the virulent Delta variant.
President Duterte approved
the IATF-MEID recommendation, including the extended Enhanced Community
Quarantine (ECQ) classification of Iloilo City and Iloilo province in Region 6;
and Cagayan de Oro City and Gingoog City in Region 10 until August 7.
Under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) classification
are Ilocos Norte in Region 1; Bataan in Region 3; and Lapu-Lapu City and
Mandaue City in Region 7 until August 15.
The General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with “heightened restrictions”
classification of the National Capital Region has been imposed until August 15,
according to IATF-MEID.
It also placed under GCQ with heightened restrictions from August 1
to August 15 the following areas: Ilocos Sur in Region 1; Cagayan in Region 2;
Bulacan in Region 3; Laguna, Lucena City, Cavite and Rizal in Region 4-A; Naga
City in Region 5; Antique, Aklan, Bacolod City and Capiz in Region 6; Negros
Oriental in Region 7; Zamboanga del Sur in Region 9; Misamis Oriental in Region
10; Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro and Davao Occidental in Region
11; and Butuan City in CARAGA.
On the other hand, Baguio City and Apayao in the Cordillera
Administrative Region; City of Santiago, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino in
Region 2; Quezon and Batangas in Region 4-A; Puerto Princesa in Region 4-B;
Guimaras and Negros Occidental in Region 6; Zamboanga Sibugay, City of
Zamboanga and Zamboanga del Norte in Region 9; Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur
in Region 11; General Santos City, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato
and South Cotabato in Region 12; Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, Agusan
del Sur, Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Sur in CARAGA and Cotabato City in the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are placed under GCQ
classification from August 1 to August 31.
All other areas not included in the above list are automatically placed
under Modified General Community Quarantine classification until August 31. The
IATF-MEID said the local governments can appeal the classification of their
areas and justify them. (Rhoderick Benez and Malou Cablinda)
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