ILOILO CITY — After more than a month of heightened community quarantine restrictions, Iloilo City will appeal for a less restrictive status for the economy to recover.
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treas on Monday said the city government will appeal to Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to be downgraded to General Community Quarantine status instead of a 15-day extension of its Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) category.
“We appeal for GCQ but with heightened health protocols. The reason is for businesses to slowly start to recover but still following safety standards. We need to always wear masks properly, wash hands, sa…
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