Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 31)— While the capital region prepares to ease into a more relaxed general community quarantine, one village in Manila City will still be facing stricter lockdown measures on Monday.
Barangay 847 in Pandacan will be placed under a two-day “hard lockdown” starting 12 a.m. of June 1 until 11:59 pm of June 2, local officials announced over the weekend.
The city’s Executive Order No. 24, signed by Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, will implement stricter quarantine measures in the area to allow authorities to conduct COVID-19 surveillance, rapid risk assessment, as well as testing operations. The directive was issued upon the request of the Barangay 847 officials, according to Domagoso.
“”May request ang chairman na mag-lockdown. Tiningnan namin ang datos, viable ang lockdown. Granted po ang inyong request,” Domagoso said in a live video aired on Facebook on Saturday, noting that the village has four reported confirmed cases and six suspected cases of COVID-19.
[Translation: The chairman requested for a lockdown. We looked at the data, a lockdown is viable. The request is granted.]
Under strict lockdown, residents will not be allowed to leave their homes for the meantime except health workers, military personnel, service workers, utility workers, barangay officials, accredited media practitioners, and other essential employees.
President Rodrigo Duterte upon the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has allowed Metro Manila to shift to GCQ from June 1 to 15, as the country seeks to gradually reopen the economy amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Villages and high-risk areas, however, are still subject to localized lockdowns if deemed necessary.
As of Saturday, the city of Manila has recorded 1,386 cases of the infectious disease.
Cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines meanwhile surpassed 17,000.
