Duterte Orders Modified ECQ in High Risk Areas

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the implementation of a “Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine” over Metro Manila,Laguna, and other transitioning high-risk areas. Cebu City and Mandaue City though will remain on Enhanced Community Quarantine.

The Modified ECQ will be in effect in transitioning high-risk areas for two weeks (May 16 to 31) over Metro Manila, Laguna, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, and Angeles City. Modified ECQ allows for the following:

• Limited movement within the containment zone for obtaining essential services and work
• Operation of selected industries and manufacturing up to 50 percent workforce (auto dealers and service centers will be allowed to re-open under the modified ECQ).
• Limited transportation services for essential goods and services
• Suspension of physical classes

Cebu City and Mandaue City will remain under ECQ until May 31, 2020.

Meanwhile, the following areas, considered moderate risk will shift to GCQ after May 15 (except for areas indicated above), and as such auto dealerships and service centers as well as government offices such as the LTO are expected to open:

• Region II – Cagayan Valley
• Region III – Central Luzon
• Region IV-A – Southern Tagalog Mainland (except Laguna)
• CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region
• Region VII – Central Visayas (except Cebu City)
• Region IX – Zamboanga Peninsula
• Region XI – Davao Region
• Region XIII - CARAGA

The rest of the country will remain under General Community Quarantine (GCQ).

This article will be updated periodically. Updated on May 16, 2020 to reflect IATF finalized guidelines until May 31, 2020.