Government response teams may put certain places on
lockdown if two or more coronavirus cases are reported in the same vicinity,
the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 told reporters in a statement on
Tuesday, June 2.
This is part of efforts to protect the public from a
feared second wave of coronavirus cases as Metro Manila and other populous
areas in the country relax lockdown measures and shift to general community
quarantine (GCQ), said NTF chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.
"Mayroon tayong tinatawag na 'rapid response,' kung
saan ila-lockdown natin ang isang building, pwedeng ila-lockdown din natin
'yung isang block, isa o dalawang barangay," Gavez said in a televised
Malacañang briefing on Monday, June 1.
(We have what we call "rapid response," in
which we'll place under lockdown a building, or a block, or a barangay or two.)
In such critical areas where a spike in transmissions of
the virus is reported, the government will impose measures similar to enhanced
community quarantine (ECQ). Metro Manila was under ECQ from March 15 to May 15,
then modified ECQ from May 16 to 31.
A "localized lockdown" may be imposed on a
barangay, a subdivision, or even a single building, depending on the location
of reported COVID-19 cases, in order to immediately contain the virus, said
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. (Content reposted from Rappler)
In photo: In this file photo, road signs mark Mandaluyong City's
total lockdown of barangays Mauway and Addition Hills on May 12, 2020. (Photo by
Rob Reyes/Rappler}
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