Regional IATF lifts total lockdown in 5 areas in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/13/2020

(Updated 3:30 p.m., July 13, 2020) CEBU CITY, Philippines – The regional counterpart of the national government’s anti-coronavirus task force has lifted the hard lockdown on five communities here that was hit by the coronavirus disease 2019…

Luz officials to PRO-7: Lift lockdown in Sitio Zapatera

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five days have passed since Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella made an official declaration for the lifting of the lockdown in Sitio Zapatera, Barangay Luz. But to date, the area remains tightly guarded…

Sitio Zapatera lockdown lifted anew

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has lifted the lockdown of Sitio Zapatera in Barrio Luz as the recoveries rise. Labella said the City Health Department had already recommended the lifting of the lockdown…

Brgy. Luz still under lockdown- officials

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Officials in Barangay Luz here announced on Monday, June 1, 2020, that the entire village is still under “lockdown” even if the city has already eased several of its quarantine restrictions. Citing recommendations…

Lockdown lifted in Sitio Zapatera

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After more than three weeks of being placed under total lockdown, residents of Sitio Zapatera in Barangay Luz can finally breath a sigh of relief. Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the lifting of…

51 recovered COVID-19 patients in Barrio Luz go home today — Gealon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fifty-one of the 201 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Barangay Luz in Cebu City, will be going home today, May 19, 2020. In a press conference, Lawyer Rey Gealon, the spokesperson of…

9 PUM cops free of infection; report back to work

05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The nine police officers who were under placed under monitoring for experiencing influenza-like illnesses tested negative of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, chief of Cebu City Police Office (CCPO),…

In Cebu City, around 89 percent of COVID-19 cases are from densely populated areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Densely populated areas in Cebu City are big contributors to the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here. Data compiled by Cebu Daily News Digital showed that double-digit reports of additional…

Cebu City Council wants remaining asymptomatic patients in Luz isolated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has issued a resolution asking the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) to immediately isolate the more than 30 asymptomatic patients of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from highly affected…

5 Sitio Zapatera residents recover from COVID-19 infection

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Barangay Luz residents have something to be happy about. Five of the COVID-19 patients coming from Sitio Zapatera were already discharged from the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) earlier today, April 29, 2020. The…

Asymptomatic patients in Luz dance inside isolation centers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – They may be in quarantine but this did not stop patients of Barangay Luz, Cebu City from flashing some dance moves on a sunny Friday morning. Videos of Zumba sessions held inside the…

CHR probing arrest of Cebu film writer over social media post on COVID-19

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 04/22/2020

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is now investigating the arrest of a poet and scriptwriter in Cebu after posting about the COVID-19 outbreak in Sitio Zapatera. CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said on…

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