Manila, April 8 -- Local government units (LGUs) in the Visayas and Mindanao have the discretion to impose enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Wednesday.
Nograles, also acting as the spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management for the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), said LGUs in Visayas and Mindanao can place their respective areas under ECQ, "if they deem it necessary."
His statement came following the extension of ECQ in the entire Luzon until April 30.
"We wish to reiterate that the ECQ covers the regions of Luzon; for areas outside Luzon, such as regions in Mindanao and the Visayas, local government units have the discretion to implement ECQs if they deem it necess...