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QC, Manila Areas Under Lockdown AUTHOR: Janvic Mateo SECTION: METRO PAGE: 8 PRINTED SIZE: 319.00cm² REGION: PHI MARKET: Philippines PHOTO: Black/white ASR: PHP 38,537.00 ITEM ID: PH0019739058 10 MAR, 2021 QC, Manila areas under lockdown The Philippine Star, Philippines Page 1 of 2 QC, Manila areas under lockdown By JANVIC MATEO and JOSE RODEL CLAPANO The Quezon City and Manila governments have placed several areas under lockdown following reports of a rise in COVID­19 cases. In an advisory yesterday, week of February were L. Pas­ As of yesterday, the city has the Quezon City government cual street in Barangay Baesa 1,816 active cases out of the to­ placed 12 areas ­ not entire and a portion of Durian street tal 34,139 validated cases since barangays ­ under special in Barangay Pasong Tamo. the start of the pandemic. It concern lockdown. These The lockdowns will last for has recorded 31,465 recoveries cover portions of or entire at least 14 days, with the possi­ and 858 deaths. compounds, blocks, alleys or bility of extension depending Hotels included streets where clustering of cas­ on the results of contact trac­ es and potential community ing and swab testing. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno transmission are observed, the All residents in affected ar­ yesterday placed two baran­ city government said. eas will undergo swab testing gays and two hotels under a The latest to be placed un­ and must complete a manda­ four­day lockdown. der lockdown this week were a tory 14­day quarantine. He signed Executive Order portion of Sitio 5 in Jose Abad The city government said it 6, placing Barangays 351 and Santos, Barangay Sta. Lucia; will provide all the necessities 725 from midnight on March No. 2A­4, K­6th street and No. of affected residents, includ­ 11 to 11:59 p.m. on March 14. 46­50, K­9th street in Barangay ing food and other essential Data from the city's health West Kamias; and No. 90 Gon­ supplies. department showed that Ba­ zales Compound in Barangay In an interview with radio rangay 351 has 12 active cases Balon Bato. dzBB, Mayor Joy Belmonte and Barangay 725 has 14 active Over the weekend, lock­ said residents, including es­ cases. downs were also imposed sential workers, will not be Two hotels in Barangay on No. 64 14th Avenue in Ba­ allowed to leave their house­ 699 will also be placed under rangay Socorro and No. 64­B hold during the duration of lockdown after 14 cases were Agno Extension in Barangay the lockdown. detected in Malate Bayview Tatalon. "We will write their em­ Mansion and three cases in Last week, the city govern­ ployers informing them that Hop Inn Hotel. ment declared lockdowns the city government placed Moreno said residents of on No. 237 Apo street in Ba­ their household under special these barangays shall be strict­ rangay Maharlika; Paul and concern lockdown," she said ly confined to their homes. Thaddeus streets in Jordan in Filipino. "Our suggestion As of presstime, about Park Homes Subdivision in is if they really have to work, 154 new active cases were Barangay Commonwealth; 49 they may look for other places recorded by the city health & 51 E Rodriguez Sr. Avenue where they can stay for the department, bringing the total in Barangay Dona Josefa; and duration of the lockdown." number of active cases in the De Los Santos Compound on Belmonte earlier directed city to 988. Heavenly Drive in Barangay the stricter enforcement of Meanwhile, 74 new re­ San Agustin. health protocols following the coveries and two new deaths Other areas that are still surge in cases in Metro Manila. were tallied by the city health under lockdown since the last Provided for client's internal research purposes only. May not be further copied, distributed, sold or published in any form without the prior consent of the copyright owner. AUTHOR: Janvic Mateo SECTION: METRO PAGE: 8 PRINTED SIZE: 319.00cm² REGION: PHI MARKET: Philippines PHOTO: Black/white ASR: PHP 38,537.00 ITEM ID: PH0019739058 10 MAR, 2021 QC, Manila areas under lockdown The Philippine Star, Philippines Page 2 of 2 department, bringing the to­ tal number of recoveries and deaths at 27,639 and 817, re­ spectively. Quarantine passes will be issued to residents affected by the lockdown. They would be required to present the pass if they need to leave their homes to run important errands such as buying food or medicine. Moreno directed the Ma­ nila Police District to help the city government enforce the lockdowns. One million masks were also ordered distributed for free the other day in Manila by Moreno in the wake of what he described as an alarming rise in the number of COVID case in the city. The city government also carried out simultaneous vaccinations for medical frontliners. Provided for client's internal research purposes only. May not be further copied, distributed, sold or published in any form without the prior consent of the copyright owner..
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