DAGUPAN CITY –– La Union Gov. Francisco Emmanuel Ortega III put the town of Caba on stricter enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for five days after the Department of Health reported eight new positive cases of the coronavirus diseases in the town.
In an executive order, Ortega said the ECQ would be effective from July 21-25, which may be revoked or extended with the concurrence of the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).
The shift from ECQ to modified general community quarantine would help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the town and prevent transmission to the surrounding towns, Ortega said.
The regional IATF has also approved the request of Ortega to place San Fernando City under ECQ according to IATF Resolution No. 24, series of 2020.
An implementing executive order from the provincial government will enact the execution of this resolution.
A 67-year-old man from Barangay San Agustin in San Fernando City died of COVID-19 on July 19, and another resident, a 16-year-old girl, tested positive for the virus.
Two residents of Barangay Tanqui, also in San Fernando City, tested positive for COVID-19. Both were asymptomatic after getting exposed to a confirmed positive case.