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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella ordered Sitio Bagumbuhay to be placed in Barangay Carreta under full confinement on Sunday, May 10, 2020.
Barangay Carreta, on Saturday May 9, 2020, registered 33 new patients with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), most of whom are from Negative, an area within Sitio Bagumbuhay.
In a statement from the Cebu City Public Information Office (PIO), Labella was quoted as saying that she had ordered the implementation of a total blockade at Sitio Bagumbuhay, where 450 people reside.
Negative is part of Sitio Bagumbuhay, which is classified as a poor urban community located along the General Maxilom Avenue Extension in downtown Cebu.
The number of COVID-19 cases found in Barangay Carreta was 45 as of Saturday.
About 400 residents in Barangay Carreta, which has a population of more than 12,500, have been cleaned and given a negative COVID-19 result, the PIO said.
“The city government will also provide additional assistance to those who will be affected by the blockade by delivering rice and canned goods beginning Sunday, May 10, 2020,” they added.
As of Saturday, Cebu City has 1,474 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 11 deaths and 23 recoveries.
Most patients are recently in highly populated areas, such as poor urban communities.
Aside from Bagumbuhay Site in Barangay Carreta, a blockade was also imposed at Zapatera Sites (Barangay Luz), all sites in Alaska Mambaling (Barangay Mambaling) and Callejon (Barangay Labangon).
The City Health Department (CHD) previously said that most of those who tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic and would not need immediate hospitalization. / dbs
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