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Pangasinan to be placed under MGCQ starting May 16
Pangasinan will be placed under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) from May 16 to 31.
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) amended the quarantine classification for the province and other low-risk areas.
This decision followed petitions from local government executives to continue some form of community quarantine.
Provincial officials had initially appealed for a general community quarantine (GCQ) status.
As of May 12, Pangasinan, including Dagupan City, recorded 39 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with nine deaths and 27 recoveries.
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