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PNP: 184 NCR areas under granular lockdown

At least 184 areas in the National Capital Region (NCR) are under granular lockdown as of Wednesday, based on the data from the Philippine National Police released on Thursday.

According to the PNP, these areas were reported in 74 barangays of nine cities and municipalities in Metro Manila.

Of the 184 areas under lockdown, 93 were streets, 71 were houses, 15 were residential buildings, four were residential building floors, and one was a subdivision or village.

At least 247 PNP personnel and 452 force multipliers were deployed in these areas to ensure security and adherence to minimum health standards.

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Metro Manila Council (MMC) head and Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez had earlier said the presence of one COVID-19 case is enough to impose a lockdown on a house or a condominium floor.

To impose a lockdown on an entire street, he said there should be at least two COVID-19 cases.

Granular lockdowns are micro-level quarantine for areas classified as "critical zones" by the local government unit (LGU). According to officials, granular lockdowns could be implemented on a house, compound, street or building with high cases of infections. --Joviland Rita/KBK, GMA News