5 La Union areas revert to GCQ

DAGUPAN CITY—San Fernando City and four towns in La Union province have been placed under the least restrictive general community quarantine (GCQ) from April 24 to May 7, officials said.

San Fernando City Mayor Alfredo Ortega issued an executive order lowering the city’s quarantine status to GCQ.

But Ortega said strict measures to prevent the local transmission of SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, would still be enforced.

San Fernando had been on modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the second most stringent quarantine level, from April 10 to 23.

It currently has 401 active COVID-19 cases but the occupancy rate of isolation facilities has already gone down to 56 percent after reaching full capacity recently

La Union’s four other towns—Agoo, Aringay, Naguillan and Tubao—downgraded their quarantine status from MECQ to GCQ from April 24 to May 7.

Luna town is still on MECQ until April 30.

Agoo, which still has 133 active cases as of April 22, reverted to GCQ because the epidemic risk level of the town has turned moderate, officials said.

Bangar and Bauang, the two other towns that were likewise placed on MECQ for two weeks, were expected to announce their quarantine status this week.

TSB