Siren blares in Quezon City to signal curfew

Every night at 8 p.m. starting March 16, the wailing of sirens can be heard in barangays in Quezon City indicating the start of curfew as part of COVID-19 preventive measure.

As shown in a tweet by GMA News reporter Tina Panganiban-Perez, the siren can be heard for around a minute in Barangay Laging Handa to remind residents they should be indoors

In Barangay Laging Handa in Quezon City, a siren blasts at 8pm to inform residents that curfew is already in effect. @gmanews pic.twitter.com/xeoouYN2b8

— Tina PanganibanPerez (@tinapperez) March 27, 2020

The Quezon City government has implemented a city-wide nine-hour "public safety hours" policy which started on March 16 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

COVID-19 cases in the city is now at 97 with the death toll at 14.

Fifty-three out of the 142 barangays in Quezon City are now affected by COVID-19. —Jamil Santos/LDF, GMA News