TUGUEGARAO CITY—Four villages in Baggao town in Cagayan province will be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) beginning Sunday after a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was recorded. Baggao Mayor Joan Dunuan said Saturday that those villages that will be under a seven-day lockdown were Alba, Barsaet East, Bitag Grande and Tallang as approved by the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force. The villages will be under ECQ, the most stringent form of community quarantine in the country, from 12:01 a.m. on June 6 and will last until June 12. ADVERTISEMENTThe town has 242 active cases with 534 recoveries and 21 deaths, as of Friday, June 4, Baggao health office records showed. Market supervisor Aysa Centeno had earlier suggested the action as some recorded deaths and active cases came from the market.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2021 10:41 UTC