COVID-19 timeline in Cebu City: The fight continues in 2021

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/01/2021

Conclusion Read first part here: COVID-19 timeline in Cebu City Majority of the first half of 2020 for Cebu City was spent under lockdowns. The city was still placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified enhanced…

Cebu City braces for new COVID variant, eyes stricter border controls

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City are now bracing for the threats of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 considered to be more infectious than the original. Members of the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC)…

Labella wants ‘granular lockdowns’ in Cebu City in case of surge of new COVID-19 variant

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella plans to reimpose granular lockdowns, not a city-wide lockdown, in the event of a surge of the new variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here. “If ever…

Use of Qpasses in Cebu City resumes on Dec. 26

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City residents will no longer be allowed to go out of their homes without their quarantine passes. The suspension on the use of Qpasses already ended at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, December…

DOH-7 to Cebuanos: Prepare for ‘New Normal’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite experiencing spikes in the number of new infections, the coronavirus outbreak in Metro Cebu remained manageable, local health officials said. “Yes, there is a spike but it is still manageable since our…

No city-wide lockdown in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Despite reviving stricter quarantine restrictions, Cebu City will not be implementing a city-wide lockdown, local officials here have assured. “We don’t want any lockdown… It brought hardship to us to our family and…

Biz sector members urged to do part in preventing rapid virus transmission

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Members of Cebu City’s business community are urged to do their part in preventing the rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Felix Taguiam, president of Cebu Chamber of Commerce and…

Parties, gatherings among top sources of new COVID infection

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City saw a rise in the number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the past few days but where did these infections come from? The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC),…

Zero COVID-19 transmission in Cebu City hospitals in last 13 days

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 11/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) reported that for the last 13 days, there are zero Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmissions in public and private hospitals in the city. According to Councilor…

Entire Cebu remains under MGCQ until Nov. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All areas in Cebu island will remain under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) for the entire month of November. This after the Malacañang, in a memorandum dated and issued on October 30, 2020,…

No Christmas parties for Cebu City Hall employees; bonuses in limbo

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will not be holding any Christmas parties in all departments this year, and the fate of their Christmas bonuses hang in the air. Mayor Edgardo Labella made this announcement…

44 out of 80 Cebu City barangays have zero active cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The deputy chief implementor for Cebu City’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) welcomed Mayor Edgardo Labella’s move to provide cash incentives for barangays that could achieve zero…

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