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Regional quarantines [a]; Region [b] Island group Start date [c] Est. pop. [d] Metro Manila Luzon: March 17, 2020 13,600,000 Cordillera 1,800,000 Ilocos Region 5,200,000
The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon covers the island of Luzon and its outlying islands, or eight out of seventeen regions of the Philippines. An indefinite enhanced community quarantine, was imposed in Caraga, alternatively known as One Shield Caraga, started on April 7, [39] and in the Davao Region [40] which took effect on April 4. [40]
The second confirmed case in the region was a 61-year-old female Overseas Filipino Worker from Italy. The woman who returned to the Philippines on March 2 was admitted to the Baguio General Hospital, and is the first case to be admitted to a health facility in the Cordilleras. Her case was confirmed on March 23. [2]
Calabarzon was under the scope of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon imposed by the national government from March 16, 2020. [13] On May 16, Calabarzon (except Laguna) was downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ). [14] On August 1, Lipa was placed under a 15-day lockdown and the province of Batangas was placed under GCQ. [15]
The implementation of an enhanced community quarantine in the Davao Region was announced on April 2, 2020. [9] The quarantine began at 9 pm of April 4 [9] and is scheduled to end on April 19. [10] As of April 2, there were already at least 61 confirmed cases in the region, 49 of which were recorded in Davao City. [9]
The Philippines is considered the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms as approximately 20 cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the area of the ocean the ...
Mega Ligtas COVID Centers, [1] also known as Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMFs), [2] are temporary non-hospital health facilities or emergency patient care centers established and managed by the Philippine government to accommodate COVID-19 patients at a provincial or regional level as part of its efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
The Philippines has placed all its commercial airports on heightened alert after an anonymous warning that bombs could go off on planes headed out of Manila, including to several tourist hotspots ...