Manila, Jan. 18 -- The local government of Borongan City in Eastern Samar has placed the city's commercial district under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and villages within the city proper under hard lockdown starting Monday until Feb. 1.
The executive order issued by Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda on Sunday is based on the Jan. 15 report by the provincial health office of Eastern Samar declaring community transmission in the city.
"In line with these pronouncements, the Borongan City inter-agency task force passed Resolution No. 1, series of 2021, recommending to this office and the regional inter-agency task force that Borongan be placed under MECQ and a lockdown be imposed in the entire city proper area in order to contain t...