CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The city government has brushed aside recent calls for a lockdown as COVID-19 cases went on a rampage in the last two weeks.
As of May 4, the city has 567 active cases, an increase of 68 percent from the 337 cases on April 20.
The highest single-day tally of the city was recorded last April 30 at 70 cases.
Mayor Oscar Moreno said there had been various recommendations to lock the city down and close it to inbound travelers to fight the spread of SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
But Moreno said after closer examination, he saw that the new infections were cases of local transmission driven mainly by …
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