Navotas will be under extreme ECQ from May 6 to 15 –Tiangco

Navotas City will be placed under an extreme enhanced community quarantine (EECQ) from 5 a.m. of May 6 until 11:59 p.m. of May 15 as the local government intensifies efforts to flatten the curve of virus infections, Mayor Toby Tiangco announced Sunday.

Tiangco signed an executive order that will place the city under EECQ after noting that coronavirus disease 2019 cases of in Navotas continued to climb despite the enhanced community quarantine that has been in effect in Metro Manila since March 17.

“Sa nalalabing araw ng ECQ, kailangang magsagawa tayo ng matinding aksyon para matigil ang pagdami ng kaso o magkaroon ng flattening of the curve,” he said in a Facebook post. 

Under EECQ, residents can only leave their homes to buy essential goods on certain days.

Only those who hold the quarantine pass for their household can go outside. Residents will also be required to wear masks when leaving their homes.

The following is the schedule for each barangay:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: SRV, NBBS Kaunlaran, Bangkulasi, BBS, Navotas East, Sipac-Almacen, Daanghari, Tangos North, at Tanza 1

• Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: NBBS Proper, NBBS Dagat-Dagatan, NBBN, BBN, Navotas West, San Jose, San Roque, Tangos South, at Tanza 2
• No resident will be allowed outside on Sundays to give way to disinfection procedures.

Essential workers will be exempted from the EECQ.

“Ito lamang ang paraan para makapamuhay tayo sa ‘new normal’ sa ilalim ng General Community Quarantine at maiwasan natin ang panganib ng pagdami muli ng mga nagkakasakit sa COVID-19,” Tiangco said.

Navotas has recorded 48 COVID-19 cases with 15 deaths and 15 recoveries as of Saturday afternoon. —Julia Mari Ornedo/LBG, GMA News