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Gov't places Cagayan, Apayao, Benguet under MECQ
Cagayan, Apayao, and Benguet are now under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from May 10 to May 23, 2021, as decided by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
These provinces were previously under the less restrictive General Community Quarantine (GCQ) status.
Apayao had already announced its 14-day MECQ status to curb the spread of COVID-19.
As of Sunday, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) recorded 3,065 active COVID-19 cases, with Apayao having 85 and Benguet having 529.
Cagayan reported the highest number of active cases in Region 2 with 1,893 out of a total of 4,939.
Other areas, including NCR Plus (Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal), Ifugao, Quirino, Abra, and Santiago City, are also under varying MECQ or GCQ statuses until different dates in May.
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