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Duterte, a Cebuano, admonishes Cebuanos on quarantine protocols
President Rodrigo Duterte extended the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) of Cebu City until July 15, designating it as the current epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines.
Metro Manila and several other areas remain under a general community quarantine (GCQ).
Talisay City in Cebu, along with the towns of Minglanilla and Consolacion, had their lockdowns eased to GCQ.
The rest of Cebu province is under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ).
President Duterte expressed dismay with some "stubborn" Cebuano residents for refusing to follow lockdown rules, even joking he would jail them if he were a local mayor.
He claimed Talisay City was "like a marketplace every day" with people defying stay-at-home policies, drinking, and gambling.
Duterte acknowledged Cebu City has become the "hotspot" of coronavirus cases and that hospitals are struggling to cope.
He urged the public to comply with quarantine rules to avoid infection and expressed sadness over the increasing cases in the country.
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