11 LGUs placed on MECQ

LINES. Vehicles with Covid-19 patients continue to line the street outside Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City, receiving oxygen as they await a vacancy in the hospital Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. On Monday, Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center, called the surge in Covid-19 cases in Cebu City “very alarming” as occupancy in the city’s hospitals reached 69.5 percent. Cebu City’s hospitals treat patients from other towns and cities in Cebu as well. And such patients had helped cause the first buildup of 33 vehicles outside the same hospital on Aug. 1, 2021 as hospitals outside Cebu City also filled up. Under Executive Order 38, series of 2021, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has placed three cities and eight municipalities in Cebu Province under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) with heightened restrictions from Aug. 11, 2021 as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. San Fernando, which is not among the towns named, has opted to place itself under MECQ as well. (AMPER CAMPAÑA)
LINES. Vehicles with Covid-19 patients continue to line the street outside Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City, receiving oxygen as they await a vacancy in the hospital Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. On Monday, Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center, called the surge in Covid-19 cases in Cebu City “very alarming” as occupancy in the city’s hospitals reached 69.5 percent. Cebu City’s hospitals treat patients from other towns and cities in Cebu as well. And such patients had helped cause the first buildup of 33 vehicles outside the same hospital on Aug. 1, 2021 as hospitals outside Cebu City also filled up. Under Executive Order 38, series of 2021, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has placed three cities and eight municipalities in Cebu Province under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) with heightened restrictions from Aug. 11, 2021 as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. San Fernando, which is not among the towns named, has opted to place itself under MECQ as well. (AMPER CAMPAÑA)

EIGHT towns and three component cities in Cebu Province have been placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) with heightened restrictions starting Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 due to their increasing number of active Covid-19 cases.

The Cebu Provincial Government has placed the towns of Consolacion, Liloan, Cordova, Minglanilla, Sibonga, Samboan, Argao and Oslob and the cities of Talisay, Naga and Carcar under MECQ after the mayors of these local government units (LGUs) met with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday, Aug. 10.

Though not part of the list of LGUs placed under MECQ, San Fernando Mayor Lakambini Reluya said she will adopt the same MECQ status for her town as it is located in between the cities of Naga and Carcar, which both have rising Covid cases.

The rest of Cebu Province remains under general community quarantine with heightened restrictions from Aug. 1 to 15.

In an executive order (EO) issued Tuesday night, Garcia prohibited the operation of non-essential establishments in the 11 LGUs now under MECQ such as karaoke bars, internet cafes, amusement parks, gyms, arcades, sport courts, casinos, outdoor tourist attractions, beauty salons, massage therapy and other personal care services.

Home service for these activities are also not permitted.

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