PRESIDENT Duterte on Monday, 16 March, has taken the unprecedented step of placing the entire island of Luzon under "enhanced community quarantine," according to presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo.
Under this "enhanced community quarantine", there will be strict home quarantine for all households, suspension of transportation, provision of food and other essential health services will be regulated, and there will be a heightened presence of uniformed personnel.
This comes only on the second day after NCR was placed under community quarantine. Under this quarantine, non-essential travel and social distancing was discouraged, checkpoints were set up in key boundaries, and domestic air travel was banned. Various city mayors also implemented 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfews inside their locales.
Outside NCR, there have been reported cases of COVID-19 in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Bataan, and Pampanga. Batangas, Ilocos Norte, and La Union have also put themselves under community quarantine, while Aurora has banned entry to all non-residents.
President Duterte is expected to make a formal announcement about this later today.
This story is developing. We are constantly updating this story.
Source: Spin PH
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