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Davao City, Philippines

Lockdowns in 35 villages up to CODE team: Sara

by: Davao City Information Office

Implementing a lockdown in the 35 barangays of Davao City with the highest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive cases will depend on the recommendation of the Coordinated Operations to Defeat the Epidemic (CODE) team that is set to arrive to assist in the city’s COVID-19 response activities after it was placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) effective November 19 to 30. Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte bared this during her Davao City Disaster Radio program yesterday, November 23. She said the Davao City Task Force COVID-19 did not tackle anything about enforcing any lockdown in these high-risk barangays. “Walay diskusyon nga ingon ana. It may be different sa direction sa CODE team so we will just wait sa CODE team in charge kung magdecide sila na mag ECQ sa barangay or zone lockdown sa mga identified barangays who contributed 80 percent of the cases in Davao City (There were no discussions about that. It may be different with the CODE team’s direction so we will just wait should they decide to have a barangay ECQ or zone lockdown in identified barangays that contributed to the 80 percent of ...

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Lockdowns in 35 villages up to CODE team: Sara

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