President Rodrigo Duterte will lift all quarantine measures in areas considered as low-risk for the coronavirus transmission starting May 16, Malacañang announced Tuesday.
In today’s press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that only those high-risk areas will remain under modified enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until May 31, 2020.
Accordingly, Roque said the following regions will no longer be placed under enhanced or general community quarantine from May 16:
REGION I
Ilocos Norte*
Ilocos Sur
La Union*
Pangasinan*
Dagupan City*
REGION IV-B
Marinduque
Occidental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro
Romblon
Palawan
Puerto Princesa City
REGION V
Albay*
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Masbate
Sorsogon
Legazpi City*
Naga City
REGION VI
Aklan
Antique
Capiz
Guimaras
Iloilo
Negros Occidental
Iloilo City
Bacolod City
REGION VIII
Biliran
Eastern Samar
Leyte
Northern Samar
Western Samar
Southern Leyte
Ormoc City
Tacloban City
REGION X
Bukidnon
Camiguin
Lanao del Norte
Misamis Occidental
Misamis Oriental
Cagayan de Oro City
REGION XII
North Cotabato
South Cotabato
Sarangani
Sultan Kudarat
General Santos City
BARMM
Basilan
Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao
Sulu
Tawi-Tawi
Cotabato City
The presidential spokesperson also enumerated the moderate-risk provinces, which will be placed under general community quarantine until May 31, 2020:
CAR
Abra
Apayao
Benguet
Ifugao
Kalinga
Mountain Province
Baguio City
REGION II
Batanes
Cagayan
Isabela
Nueva
Vizcaya
Quirino
Santiago City
REGION III
Aurora
Bataan
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
Tarlac
Zambales
Angeles City*
Olongapo City
REGION IV-A
Cavite*
Quezon
Rizal
Batangas
Lucena City
REGION VII
Bohol
Cebu
Negros Oriental
Siquijor
Mandaue City
Lapu-Lapu City
REGION IX
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga City
Isabela City
REGION XI
Davao City*
Davao de Oro*
Davao del Norte
Davao del Sur
Davao Occidental
Davao Oriental
REGION XIII (CARAGA)
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Dinagat Islands
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur
Butuan City
*Recommendations assuming similar risk classification prevails on May 14, 2020.
Moreover, Roque noted that the lifting of quarantine measures does not mean that things will return to normal as minimum health standards must still be observed such as wearing face masks and social distancing.
“While there is still no vaccine, minimum health standards must be observed. These are social distancing, good hygiene, temperature checks, and other precautionary measures prescribed by the [Department of Health],” he said in Filipino.
On the other hand, areas that remain high-risk for coronavirus transmissions like Metro Manila, Laguna, and Cebu City will be placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine until May 31.
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As of today, there are 11,350 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease, including 2,106 recoveries and 751 deaths.
—(Source: Inquirer)
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