5 Palawan barangays under ECQ

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – Five barangays here have been placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the surge of COVID-19 cases.

The regional task force approved Thursday the plan to place the five barangays – Sta. Monica, San Jose, San Manuel, San Pedro, and San Miguel – on localized lockdown or ECQ to prevent the virus from spreading further.

“The City IATF is hereby directed to continuously implement localized lockdown, as needed, pursuant to NTF COVID-19 Memorandum Circular No. 02, Series 2020, and intensify contact tracing activities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19,” regional IATF chairperson Wilhelm Suyko said in a letter dated April 15.

The Puerto Princesa City IATF has yet to issue final guidelines for the barangays under ECQ.

Puerto Princesa City has 292 total cases with 50 confirmed active cases as of press time with 234 recoveries and eight deaths.