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By MDN Digital News Team
April 24, 2020
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental - President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday announced he is placing Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City and other areas tagged as moderate risk areas and low-risk areas, under general community quarantine starting May 1, 2020.
The president has also approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases extending enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, CALABARZON and Central Luzon until May 15.
The presidents pronoucements was re-echoed by his presidential spokesperson, Lawyer Harry Roque during a televised briefing aired on mainstream media and on social media on Friday morning.
The presidential spokesperson said that regions and provinces that will be placed under general community quarantine are those considered and identified as moderate and low-risk areas, to include the following:
Moderate-risk areas:
Abra, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Marinduque, Camarines Sur, Aklan, Capiz, Samar, Western Samar, Zamboanga Del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Maguindanao, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Sur.
Low-risk areas:
Apayao, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Ilocos Sur, Batanes, Quirino, Aurora, Palawan, Romblon, Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, Masbate, Guimaras, Bohol, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Southern Leyte, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Sarangani, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Basilan and Sulu.
For areas tagged or identified under general community quarantine, the following will be observed:
* workers and sectors in category I, II and III may continue to work or operate in phases;
* the general population may go out of their homes only for purposes of accessing basic necessities;
* in any case, those with ages below 21 years old and those 60 years old and above as well as those with ages ranging from 21 years old but below 60 years old but who reside * with co-morbidities or other risk factors shall stay home;
* non-leisure stores in malls and shopping centers may partially open;
higher education institutions may continue classes to finish the academic year and issue credentials to students in accordance with guidelines as may be issued by the Commission on Higher Education;
* priority and essential construction projects may resume in accordance with guidelines as may be issued by the DPWH;
* public transportation may operate at a reduced capacity in accordance with guidelines as may be issued by the DOTr;
* local government units shall enforce curfew at night for non-workers; and
airports and seaports may operate insofar as the unhampered movement of goods.
* the general population may go out of their homes only for purposes of accessing basic necessities;
* in any case, those with ages below 21 years old and those 60 years old and above as well as those with ages ranging from 21 years old but below 60 years old but who reside * with co-morbidities or other risk factors shall stay home;
* non-leisure stores in malls and shopping centers may partially open;
higher education institutions may continue classes to finish the academic year and issue credentials to students in accordance with guidelines as may be issued by the Commission on Higher Education;
* priority and essential construction projects may resume in accordance with guidelines as may be issued by the DPWH;
* public transportation may operate at a reduced capacity in accordance with guidelines as may be issued by the DOTr;
* local government units shall enforce curfew at night for non-workers; and
airports and seaports may operate insofar as the unhampered movement of goods.
