Work-to-house transmission: Officials urge cooperation from workers, firms

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City are now urging both workers and firms to strictly comply with minimum health standards as health experts here started noticing a change in the outbreak’s dynamics. In an…

Status quo in Cebu province until Aug. 31 – Roque

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The national government’s anti-coronavirus task force has decided to extend the existing quarantine status of Cebu province until August 31. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Saturday, August 15, announced the decision of the Inter-Agency…

Cebu City targets fast tracking of hospital capacity, testing laboratories

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is determined to be released from the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). With this, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella detailed the plans of the city to address the concerns of…

It’s back to ECQ for Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The national government’s anti-coronavirus task force has placed Cebu City back to a stricter enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, chairperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Management of Infectious…

Galvez: IATF ‘may consider’ to allow backriding in low risk areas

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) may consider to allow backriding on motorcycles in areas with minimal to no (coronavirus disease 2019) COVID-19 transmission. Secretary Carlito…

IATF did not tackle appeal for MGCQ yet — Gwen

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A week since Cebu province formally appealed to be reclassified from general community quarantine (GCQ) to a modified GCQ, the Capitol said it had yet to hear any development on the request from…

Cebu City will wait for DOTr response of backriding appeal — Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has chosen to wait for the response of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) over the no-backriding policy for motorcycles. The mayor said that the decision cannot be made…

Chan: No major problems since start of Lapu-Lapu GCQ

Immae Lachica 05/30/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— Lapu-Lapu City has been under the general community quarantine (GCQ) since May 16, 2020 until June 15, 2020, according to Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID). With this,…

Labella awaits IATF clarification on Cebu City’s quarantine status

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is among the chief executives, who are still waiting for the clarification of the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) on the…

IATF’s plans: 10K COVID tests in Cebu’s labs in a day

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national government is planning to ramp up the daily coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing capacity of Cebu to 10,000 within the next two months. Top officials from the Inter-Agency Task Force for…

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