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Bukidnon placed on lockdown due to COVID-19 threat
Bukidnon Governor Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. has declared an "enhanced quarantine" of the province starting midnight of Saturday, March 21, 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Non-residents are barred from entering Bukidnon, with exemptions for health workers, government officials on COVID-19 related travel, humanitarian missions like the Philippine Red Cross, and those delivering essential supplies.
This enhanced quarantine aims to strengthen the existing community quarantine that began on March 17.
The decision follows Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri testing positive for COVID-19, prompting 18 Bukidnon mayors, including Cabanglasan Mayor Renante Inocando, to undergo quarantine.
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