Bataan placed under ECQ Aug. 8-22
Bataan will be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) starting Sunday, August 8 and lasting until August 22.
The decision was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Saturday after the Inter-Agency Task Force recommended it due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
As of August 6, Bataan had 1,974 active cases out of 14,643 total confirmed infections with 12,135 recoveries and 543 deaths.
Mariveles, the epicenter of the outbreak in Bataan, was previously under ECQ with heightened restrictions.
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