CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella and Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), prefer that Cebu
, prefer that Cebu City remained under general community quarantine status.
“We will be happy if there is going to be a downgrade on modified GCQ. But if you ask me, I would rather that we maintain the general community quarantine status because there is better control of the movement of people,” said Labella after the send-off ceremony of the augmented Special Action Force troops here on Tuesday morning, August 11, 2020.
Ferro, for his part, also said that it would be safer if the city still follow gradual downgrading so the public will not be overwhelmed and get too excited to go out once downgraded to MGCQ.“Di ta mag MGCQ dayun so that there will be a gradual process sa de-escalation sa atoang quarantine level,” said Ferro.
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