CABARROGUIS, Quirino—Although saddened by President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to keep the province of Quirino on modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), Gov. Dakila Carlo Cua said he believed it was necessary to keep residents safe from COVID-19, a deadly disease that still has no known cure.
The province has been on MECQ since last April 1 and this was extended until May 31. MECQ is the second most stringent quarantine classification in the Philippines.
Quirino currently has 130 total active COVID-19 cases with 62 deaths and 23 new infections.
Under tight watch are the towns of Maddela with 130 active cases, Cabarroguis with 54 cases, and…
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