TACLOBAN CITY—The governor of Southern Leyte, Damian Mercado, has downgraded the quarantine status of his province from general community quarantine (GCQ) to modified GCQ for July.
Mercado, who chairs the provincial inter-agency task force (PIATF), said the declining number of COVID-19 cases in the province had led the task force to agree to downgrade the community quarantine status of the province.
The provincial health record shows that Eastern Samar had a positivity rate of 39 percent from June 14 to 20, but this went down to 13 percent the week after.
Still, Mercado asked the public to follow all the minimum health protocols like wearing a face mask and face shield and obs…
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