Taguig implements targeted lockdowns to balance health and economy

Taguig City is implementing targeted localized lockdowns to balance its response to COVID-19 and maintaining economic activity.

Mayor Lino Cayetano emphasized that localized lockdowns are key to achieving a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) and the new normal, allowing other areas to remain open.

Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. praised Taguig's approach, noting that a city-wide lockdown could cost P16.7 billion in two weeks.

Galvez advised other mayors to follow Taguig’s example of localized measures to address virus outbreaks without shutting down entire cities.