In the latest The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) resolution issued on August 7, some areas in the country were placed under stricter community quarantine.
To assess the health situation in all areas in the Philippines, the task force is using metrics in deciding on quarantine rules – such as the two-week growth rate, average daily attack rate, and health care utilization rates.
Below is the list of community quarantine classifications for this month:
Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ)
- Until August 20
- National Capital Region
- August 8 to 22
- Bataan
- August 6 to 15
- Laguna
- Iloilo City
- Cagayan de Oro
Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ)
According to the amended Omnibus Guidelines on the implementation of community quarantine, this refers to the transition phase between ECQ and GCQ, when temporary curbs such as stringent limits on movement and transportation of people, strict regulation of operating industries, provision of food and essential services, and heightened presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols are relaxed and become less necessary.
- Until August 15
- Cordillera Administrative Region
- Ilocos Norte, Aklan
- Lapu-Lapu City
- Mandaue City
- Cebu City
- August 6 to 15
- Cavite
- Rizal
- Lucena City
- Iloilo Province
General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions
- Until August 15
- Ilocos Sur
- Cagayan
- Bulacan
- Naga City
- Antique
- Bacolod City
- Capiz
- Negros Oriental
- Cebu Province
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Misamis Oriental
- Davao City
- Davao del Norte
- Davao Occidental
- Davao de Oro
- Butuan City
- August 6 to 15
- Batangas
- Quezon City
General Community Quarantine (GCQ)
- August 1 to 31
- Baguio City
- Santiago City
- Quirino
- Isabela
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Puerto Princesa
- Guimaras
- Negros Occidental
- Zamboanga Sibugay
- Zamboanga City
- Zamboanga del Norte
- Davao Oriental
- Davao del Sur
- General Santos City
- Sultan Kudarat
- Sarangani
- North Cotabato
- South Cotabato
- Agusan del Norte
- Agusan del Sur
- Surigao del Norte
- Dinagat Islands
- Cotabato City
Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ)
This refers to the transition phase between GCQ and the New Normal, when temporary measures such as limiting movement and transportation, the regulation of operating industries, and the presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols are relaxed and become less necessary.
- August 1 to 31
- Rest of the Philippines
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