PUERTO PRINCESA CITY —- Five villages in this city were placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest form of lockdown imposed by the government, due to an “alarming” increase of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in these areas.
Wilhelm M. Suyko, regional director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and chairman of the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) inter-agency task force (IATF) for emerging infectious disease, approved the ECQ in Sta. Monica, San Jose, San Manuel, San Pedro, and San Miguel starting Friday, April 16, until April 30.
The regional IAFT was acting on the recommendation of Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bay…
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