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Checkpoints added in Cebu City amid lockdown, police official says
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año announced that more police and soldiers will be deployed in Cebu City as the area is placed under stricter quarantine measures due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Año cited the high number of active cases, reaching around 4,000, as the reason for the increased security presence to enforce home quarantine.
The decision follows a continuous spike in COVID-19 cases in Cebu City, which has recorded 4,479 confirmed cases.
Authorities have temporarily suspended the use of quarantine passes to re-evaluate the system and ensure only one pass per household is issued.
The Philippine National Police has not yet provided specific numbers on how many additional police personnel will be deployed.
Previously, 100 policemen from Western and Eastern Visayas were already sent to Cebu City to aid in the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine.
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Cebu City is under an extreme lockdown with suspended quarantine passes as of Tuesday night due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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At least 160 uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police's elite Special Action Force (SAF) have been deployed to Cebu City to enforce stringent protocols for what is essentially a total lockdown.
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Fifty-four police mobile force personnel from Eastern Visayas were dispatched to augment the Police Regional Office 7 in Cebu City to support the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine.
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Metro Manila will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) until June 30.
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Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella announced the city would appeal its classification back to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).
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