Manila gov’t to impose 48-hour lockdown on 31 barangays

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Tuesday placed 31 barangays under a 48-hour hard lockdown for disease surveillance, rapid risk assessment, and testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Moreno signed an executive order implementing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) that will be in place from 12 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.

The Manila Health Department noted that there are more than three confirmed COVID-19 cases in the 31 barangays from June 15 to 29, according to the Manila Public Information Office.

"On 29 June 2020, the Manila Health Department issued a Certification verifying that there are a total of 147 number of COVID-19 positive cases in the said 31 barangays," the executive order was quoted as saying.

The following barangays will be locked down:

District 1

• 20
• 41
• 51
• 56
• 66
• 96
• 97
• 101
• 106
• 116
• 118
• 120
• 128
• 129

District 2

• 163
• 173
• 180
• 185
• 215

District 3

• 275
• 310
• 343
• 380

District 5

• 649
• 724
• 766
• 775
• 811

District 6

• 836
• 846
• 847

The executive order exempts frontline workers from the hard lockdown.

“All other commercial, industrial, retail, institutional and other activities not mentioned in above exemptions in the said district shall be suspended within the specified period of ECQ," the order stated.

“Station commanders of police stations in the said barangays are hereby directed to employ and deploy officers and personnel in strategic locations and areas necessary for the effective implementation of the ECQ," it added. -- BAP, GMA News