Baguio enforces strict quarantine and curfew amid COVID-19

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong placed the city under community quarantine and curfew from March 16 to April 15 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The executive order limits entry to Baguio to individuals with essential travel, business, or employment in the city, requiring proof of their purpose.

The order mandates that people aged 60 years and older, immuno-compromised persons, pregnant women, minors, and those with a history of pulmonary ailments or disease shall stay home.

Several popular tourist destinations within the city, including Burnham Children's Park and Mines View Park, have been closed to discourage non-essential gatherings.

Magalong issued the order after noting that tourists continued to flock to the city despite the current health epidemic.

He confirmed the second COVID-19 case in the city, a female guest who tested positive in Manila after attending a government-sponsored seminar in Baguio.

The patient was asymptomatic during the seminar, and contact tracing is currently underway.

Baguio City now enforces a more stringent community quarantine and a 24-hour curfew, aligning with the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.

A second curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. is provided for workers of essential services.