MANILA, Philippines — Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has ordered Barangay 183 and 210 houses located in 77 barangays on lockdown for 14 days.
According to Rubiano, the localized enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was imposed in Barangay 183 as well as in 210 households as there are rising cases of Covid-19 in those areas.
“Bahay lang po ang aming ni-localized enhanced community quarantine na 210 ang numero na nasa 77 barangays,” Rubiano also explained in a press briefing on Tuesday.
(Only households were placed under localized enhanced community quarantine that numbers to 210 in 77 communites.)
Rubiano also said that Pasay City so far recorded 8,142 cases of Covid-19, of which 7,410 patients have recovered while 213 have died.
Earlier Tuesday, the Department of Health reported its discovery of six cases of the Coivd-19 South African variant in the country. Of the six, three were said to be from Pasay City.