Manila locks down 6 barangays
The Philippine Star|March 16, 2021
The Manila city government will place six barangays under lockdown for four days to help contain the spread of COVID-19, Mayor Isko Moreno announced yesterday.
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Manila locks down 6 barangays

Moreno issued an executive order placing Barangays 185 (Zone 16, Tondo 2), 374 (Zone 38, Sta. Cruz), 521 (Zone 52, Sampaloc), 628 (Zone 63, Sta. Mesa), 675 (Zone 74, Paco) and 847 (Zone 92, Pandacan) under lockdown beginning tomorrow until March 20.

He ordered the Manila Barangay Bureau to enforce lockdowns in villages with 10 or more active cases of COVID-19 and conduct disease surveillance, contact tracing, swab tests as well as rapid risk assessment.

According to the city health department data, Barangay 185 has 11 active cases, Barangays 374, 628, and 847 have 10 each, Barangay 521 has 12 and Barangay 675 has 22.

Moreno said enhanced community quarantine guidelines would be implemented in these barangays declared as “critical zones” during the lockdown period.

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