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Davao City Government asks IATF to place city under MECQ Posted: 01 Jun 2021 11:42 PM PDT THE Davao City Government has requested the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to elevate the quarantine status of the city to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from June 5 to 30, 2021 "to allow a circuit breaker in the surge of patients inside hospitals." The City Government said in an advisory on its official Facebook page on Wednesday, June 2, that they already forwarded their request to the IATF-Regional Task Force (IATF-RTF). While waiting for the approval, the local government encouraged Dabawenyos to review the regulations for MECQ under Section 3 of the IATF Omnibus Guidelines dated May 20, 2021 and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Memorandum Circular 21-19 dated May 14, 2021. "All those affected by MECQ zero operational capacity under DTI MC 21-19 can coordinate with the Trabaho Dabawenyo employment assistance at the CMO Special Project Office in Magsaysay Park," the City Government said in a statement. The city added that all public transportation shall be permitted to operate. "We need to help our frontliners by making sure that we stay home except for work or business," the City said. The announcement comes after Davao City recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in a single day at 338 on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. With the newly-logged cases, the total Covid-19 in the city reached 17,337, while active cases jumped to 1,912. DOH-Davao explained that among the factors for the record-high number of new cases may be due to the heightened surveillance and intensified testing. As of May 31, the Southern Philippines Medical Center reported that all of its 77 intensive care unit (ICU) beds have been fully occupied. While 293 out of the 312 ward beds are occupied. President Rodrigo Duterte recently announced that Davao City will remain under general community quarantine from June 1 to 30, 2021. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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