Manila mayor places 31 barangays under 48-hour ECQ

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has placed 31 barangays in the city under a 48-hour enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

The lockdown is effective from 12 a.m. on July 4 to 11:59 p.m. on July 5, following the issuance of Executive Order No. 31.

These barangays were chosen because each has recorded at least three positive cases of COVID-19 between June 15 and June 29, with a total of 147 confirmed cases.

During the ECQ, residents will be restricted to their homes, with exceptions for frontline workers and for acquiring essential needs or for work deemed essential by the government.

The order exempts health workers, military personnel, service workers, utility workers, essential workers, barangay officials, and accredited media practitioners.

During the lockdown, the Manila Health Department will be conducting disease surveillance, rapid risk assessment, and testing operations in the affected barangays.