CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Northern Mindanao’s Interagency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious disease (IATF-MEID) has recommended the tightening of quarantine restrictions in the region due to COVID-19 infections.
Dr. David Mendoza of the Department of Health (DOH) said the recommendation to place the region under general community quarantine (GCQ) from the current modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) considered all the necessary parameters such as economic, social, health, and peace and security.
Mendoza said the health consideration has more weight in the current situation given that the region’s two-week COVID-19 case growth rate is at…
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