Minutes ahead of President Duterte’s announcement on the updated quarantine protocols, Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso places 31 barangays under 48-hr hard lockdown from July 4, Saturday 12 a.m. until July 5, Sunday 11:59 p.m. This comes after said clusters recorded more than three COVID-19 cases each.

The Executive Order No. 31 signed by Domagoso will effectively put these barangays under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to facilitate surveillance, rapid risk assessment and testing operations “as the city’s response measures to the imminent danger posed by COVID-19.”

According to the Manila Health Department, there are a total 147 COVID-19 positive cases in the said 31 barangays.

Under the hard lockdown, all commercial, industrial, retail and institutional activities will be suspended, with the exemption of essential services such as health workers, military personnel, service workers (pharmacies, drug stores, and funeral homes), utility workers (energy, cable, internet, telecommunication companies, water, sanitation, and critical transport facilities including port operation), essential workers (goods delivery, food delivery, banking and money services), barangay officials and media practitioners accredited by the Presidential Communications Operations Office and the Inter-Agency Task Force.

Header photo courtesy of Isko Moreno Domagoso official Facebook page

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