After a marked rise in coronavirus cases, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered that stricter quarantine protocols over Cebu City, placing the city on lockdown again starting June 16.
BACK ON LOCKDOWN. Mall goers follow social distancing as they enter a mall in Cebu City even as public transportation is still suspended after the province is placed under General Community Quarantine on June 1, 2020. Photo by Geo Litonjua/Rappler
The cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu will remain under GCQ, while Talisay City, a component city under the province of Cebu, will be placed under modified ECQ until June 30, 2020. Ahead of Duterte's decision, at least 6 local government units appealed to the government's coroanvirus task force toAmong these were Cebu City, which recommended a return to a modified enhanced community quarantine, while the provinces of Quezon, Abra, Apayao, Lanao del Sur, and the Caraga region wanted a GCQ.Deciding whether or not to further ease quarantine restrictions in Cebu City was among the issues that dominated task force meetings on Monday.
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