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Barangay 315, Zone 35 in the city of Manila will be subjected to a strict blockade starting at 12 midnight on Thursday, March 11. According to the Manila Department of Health, there were 12 active cases of COVID-19 recorded in the area. Screenshot of Radyo Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines – The city governments of Manila and Quezon City on Tuesday placed several areas under localized lockdown in an attempt to address the growing number of COVID-19 infections.
The Mayor of the City of Manila, Isko Moreno, through Executive Order No. 06, has closed the following barangays and hotels from March 11 at 12:01 a.m. to March 14 at 11:59 a.m. p.m:
Barangay 351 in San Lazaro, Tayuman
Barangay 725 in malate
Barangay 699, Malate Bayview Mansion
Barangay 699, hotel Hop Inn
In a Facebook Live, Moreno explained that the listed areas were labeled as areas of concern since they have more than 10 cases of COVID-19 in their locations.
According to him, Barangay 351 has 12 active cases and Barangay 725 has 14 active cases. On the other hand, there were 14 confirmed cases at Malate Bayview Mansion while Hop Inn Hotel has three detected cases.
According to the EO, residents will be restricted to their homes and will not be allowed to go outside.
However, Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APOR) are exempt from the order and will be allowed to leave their homes.
These include:
- Health workers
- military personnel
- service workers (pharmacies, drugstores, and funeral homes)
- utility workers (energy, cable, internet, telecommunications companies, water, sanitation, and critical transportation facilities, including port operation)
- essential workers (distribution of goods, distribution of food, banking and monetary services)
- barangay officers (presidents, barangay secretary, barangay treasurers, kagawads, and executive officers)
- media professionals accredited by the Office of Presidential Communications Operations and the Interagency Task Force.
As of Tuesday, the Manila Department of Health (MHD) has registered around 154 new active cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the city to 988.
The MHD also reported 74 new recoveries and 2 new deaths were accounted for by the MHD, bringing the total number of recoveries and deaths to 27,639 and 817, respectively.
Meanwhile, the local Quezon City government said 12 areas, not barangays or entire villages, have been placed under a 14-day lockdown of special concern due to a sudden increase in Covid-19 cases in the city.
The lockdown areas of special concern labeled by the city government are:
- A part of Durian Street in Barangay Pasong Tamo, starting February 25
- Calle L. Pascual in Barangay Baesa – starting February 26
- De Los Santos Complex, Heavenly Drive in Barangay San Agustín – starting March 1
- No. 49 and 51 E Rodriguez Sr. Ave. in Barangay Doña Josefa – from March 4
- Paul Street and Thaddeus Street, Jordan Park Homes Subdivision, Doña Carmen in Barangay Commonwealth – starting March 4
- No. 237 Apo Street in Barangay Maharlika – starting March 4
- No. 64 14th Avenue in Barangay Socorro – starting March 6
- Extension No. 64-B Agno in Barangay Tatalon, effective March 7
- No. 90 Gonzales Compound, Barangay Balon Bato – starting March 8
- No. 2A-4 K-6th at Barangay West Kamias – starting March 8
- A portion of Site 5, Jose Abad Santos in Barangay Sta. Lucía – as of March 9
- No. 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50 K-9th Street in Barangay West Kamias – starting March 8
According to the Quezon City government, a total of 472 families were affected by this partial closure.
Meanwhile, the local government assured that essential food packages and kits will be distributed to affected families who must undergo hyssop tests and a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
“With the alarming increase in numbers in recent days, it is imperative to place areas with clustered cases under lock and key to control the possibility of widespread transmission in our barangays,” said Dr. Rolly Cruz, Head of the Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit of the City of Quezon (CESU). it said in a statement Tuesday.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte ordered local authorities, including city officials, police, and barangays, to strictly implement ordinances that would slow the spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease, amid a rapid rise. in the number of infections in the last days.
In a memorandum dated March 8, 2021, Belmonte said that the remarkable acceleration in the number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila “justifies a stricter implementation of existing ordinances and expeditions” that, among others, require the use mandatory face. masks and face shields in public places to stop the spread of the disease in Quezon City.
“This memorandum will be strictly implemented by all Punong Barangays, the Director of QCPD and Police Station Commanders, and the Law and Order Group of the City Government,” Belmonte said.
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