Several areas in Quezon City placed under special lockdown

The Quezon City government on Tuesday placed several areas under a special concern lockdown due to rising coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

In a Facebook post, the local government stressed that only specific areas are under lockdown and not the whole barangay:

• Portion of Durian Street, Barangay Pasong Tamo
• L. Pascual Street, Barangay Baesa
• De Los Santos Compound, Heavenly Drive, Barangay San Agustin
• No. 46 K-9th Street, Barangay West Kamias expanded to No. 46-50, K-9th Street, Barangay West Kamias
• 49 & 51 E Rodriguez Sr. Ave., Barangay Doña Josefa
• Paul Street and Thaddeus Street, Jordan Park Homes Subdivision, Doña Carmen, Barangay Commonwealth
• No. 237 Apo Street, Barangay Maharlika
• No. 64 14th Avenue, Barangay Socorro
• No. 64-B Agno Extension, Barangay Tatalon
• No. 90 Gonzales Compound, Barangay Balon Bato
• No. 2A – 4 K-6th, Barangay West Kamias
• Portion of Sitio 5, Jose Abad Santos, Barangay Sta. Lucia

The LGU said it will distribute food packs and essential kits to the affected families who will undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine and swab testing.

At present, a total of 34,139 cases have been reported in Quezon City with 1,816 active cases, 31,465 recoveries, and 858 fatalities.

The Philippines on Tuesday reported 600,428 COVID-19 cases, of which 546,078 have recovered and 12,528 have died.—Joahna Lei Casilao/LDF, GMA News