Areas under modified ECQ, GCQ after May 15

Published May 12, 2020 02:03 PM By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News

After 58 days of Luzon being placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to COVID-19 pandemic, the government announced Tuesday easing up restrictions in several areas.

Placed under modified enhanced community quarantine from May 16 to 31 for being “high-risk” in the spread of COVID-19 are:

National Capital Region
Laguna
Cebu City

The implementation of modified ECQ will allow the opening of manufacturing and processing plants with 50 percent workforce at maximum and limited transportation for essential goods/services.

Classes, however, will remain suspended under modified ECQ.

As this developed, 38 provinces and 12 cities are still considered at "moderate risk" and are under general community quarantine (GCQ).

The 38 provinces under GCQ include:

Abra
Apayao
Benguet
Ifugao
Kalinga
Mountain Province
Batanes
Cagayan
Isabela
Nueva Vizcaya
Quirino
Aurora
Bataan
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
Tarlac
Zambales
Cavite
Quezon
Rizal
Bohol

Cebu
Negros Oriental
Siquijor
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga Sibugay
Davao de Oro
Davao del Norte
Davao del Sur
Davao Occidental
Davao Oriental
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Dinagat Islands
Surigao del Norte and
Surigao del Sur

The 12 provinces under GCQ, on the other hand, are the following:

Baguio City
Santiago City, Isabela
Angeles City
Olongapo City
Batangas City
Lucena City
Mandaue City
Lapu-Lapu City
Zamboanga City
Isabela City, Basilan
Davao City and
Butuan City

Under GCQ protocol, manufacturing and processing plants can resume operations with 75 percent workforce at maximum and limited transportation to support government and private firms’ operations.

Likewise, GCQ allows flexible learning arrangements for students.

The Philippines has registered 11,086 COVID-19 cases so far. Of this number, 1,999 recovered while 726 died.—AOL, GMA News

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