Garganera said that to date, contact tracing and swab testing is still being conducted in the six communities to identify all COVID-positive residents and give them the needed medical intervention.
Residents of Sitio Callejon in Barangay Labangon were allowed to leave their homes to buy essentials after Mayor Edgardo Labella ordered for the lifting of the lockdown in the area on June 4. | CDND File photo
Councilor Joel Garganera, the Emergency Operations Center czar of the Inter-Agency Task Force in the city, said that they are now considering the possibility of lifting the lockdown in these areas as soon as residents are declared COVID-free by health officials. Garganera said that to date, contact tracing and swab testing is still being conducted in these communities to identify all COVID-positive residents and give them the needed medical intervention.Six areas in five Cebu City barangays placed under lockdown
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