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Mayor Sara: No talks yet on shifting to ECQ
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte denied rumors of an impending enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the city despite a rise in Covid-19 cases.
Mayor Duterte stated that the Davao Covid-19 Task Force has not discussed the implementation of an ECQ.
The city mayor clarified that their local government unit will only follow recommendations from authorized national government agencies, specifically the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), and not from independent research groups like OCTA Research.
Previously, Mayor Duterte had requested the IATF to elevate the city's quarantine status from general community quarantine (GCQ) to modified ECQ (MECQ).
The city is awaiting the IATF's recommendation regarding the extension of MECQ beyond June 30 or a potential elevation to ECQ, considering various indicators used by the national task force.
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