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Iloilo City imposes stricter measures to arrest spread of COVID-19
Iloilo City is implementing stricter measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 due to a surge in cases, particularly clustered cases traced to the Iloilo City Fish Port.
As of Thursday, August 6, there were 55 COVID-19 cases linked to the fish port, with 29 new cases reported.
Consequently, four barangays—Pala-Pala 1, Pala-Pala 2, North Baluarte, and Tanza Baybay—have been placed under strict lockdown.
Mayor Jerry Treñas announced a city-wide curfew from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. and the cessation of accepting new returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and locally stranded individuals (LSIs).
The city government has also reinstated the liquor ban.
Mayor Treñas is currently under self-imposed quarantine after two visitors who later tested positive for COVID-19 visited his office.
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