THE National Capital Region (NCR), Baguio City and three Cordillera provinces, and five other areas will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) in March, Malacañang announced Saturday, February 27, 2021.

Under GCQ from March 1 to 31, 2021 are the following:

NCR

Cordillera: Baguio City, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province

Batangas

Tacloban City

Iligan City

Davao City

Lanao del Sur

Davao del Norte, which was under GCQ in February, was removed from the list and will shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) in March.

Cebu Province, and the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu will remain under MGCQ despite the rising cases of coronavirus infection.

The rest of the country will be under MGCQ, the most lenient form of quarantine. (MVI / SunStar Philippines)