Duterte extends Luzon ECQ till end-April

Updated WED · APR 8, 2020 · 4:19 PM

President Duterte has extended the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine until April 30.

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced that government agencies must continue implementing ECQ guidelines as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

Senators support the extension, citing public health concerns and the need to curb virus spread.

The IATF had planned to discuss potential extensions or lifting of the quarantine on April 6.

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