{"id":267253,"date":"2020-09-01T06:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=267253"},"modified":"2020-09-01T06:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:42:24","slug":"longer-quarantine-to-stabilize-lgus-response-vs-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/01\/longer-quarantine-to-stabilize-lgus-response-vs-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Longer quarantine to \u2018stabilize\u2019 LGUs\u2019 response vs. Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: A police officer checks the documents presented by the motorcycle-riding couple entering San Mateo town at a quarantine checkpoint along Batasan-San Mateo Road in Rizal province on Thursday (August 13, 2020). (PNA photo by Joseph O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The stability and continuity of the local government units\u2019 (LGUs) response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic are expected following the implementation of month-long community quarantine in the country, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This, after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) extended the duration of quarantine classifications nationwide from two weeks to one month.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, also acting as IATF-EID spokesperson, said it is \u201cvery difficult\u201d to implement health measures against Covid-19 in every two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinabuti na po ng<\/em>\u00a0IATF\u00a0na gawing isang buwan para magkaroon ng<\/em>\u00a0stability\u00a0ang iba\u2019t ibang mga<\/em>\u00a0local\u00a0na pamahalaan. Napakahirap po kasi kung magbabago ang<\/em>\u00a0rules every two weeks (The IATF decided to [impose a month-long community quarantine] to ensure the stability of local government\u2019s [Covid-19 response]. It\u2019s very difficult to change the rules every two weeks),\u201d Roque said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

In a public address delivered Monday night, Duterte approved the IATF-EID\u2019s recommendation to put Iligan City under a more restrictive modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from September 1 to 30.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Metro Manila, the provinces of Bulacan and Batangas, and the cities of Bacolod are placed under a more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ) until September 30.<\/p>\n

Modified GCQ, the least restrictive community quarantine, is implemented in the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

In the past months, the IATF-EID has recommended the imposition of nationwide community quarantine every two weeks.<\/p>\n

Roque said the longer implementation of community quarantine in the country would allow LGUs to implement the \u201clocalized and granular\u201d lockdowns in a more effective manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cMas malo<\/em>-localize\u00a0po kasi ngayon yung mga ginagawa ng<\/em>\u00a0LGUs,\u00a0kasama na rin po diyan ang mga<\/em>\u00a0localized\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0granular lockdown. So\u00a0parang mas meron pong<\/em>\u00a0continuity\u00a0kung<\/em>\u00a0one month (LGUs\u2019 response will be more localized because they can now enforce localized and granular lockdown [more effectively]. So there will be continuity if it\u2019s done in a month),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The IATF-EID, Roque said, approved the use of \u201cnew parameters for escalation and de-escalation\u201d of community quarantine classifications in the country.<\/p>\n

Roque said the escalation of risk classification would depend on the health care utilization rate of dedicated beds and equipment for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

For the de-escalation of community quarantine status, it would be based on the health care utilization rate; daily attack rate, two-week growth rate, and case doubling time; new cases in villages in the past 14 days; surveillance, and contact tracing and isolation efficiency.<\/p>\n

Zero local transmission, the closure of affected establishments, clusters in the workplace, food security indicators, social indicators on multidimensional deprivation, and adherence to minimum health standards in specific settings would also be taken into consideration for the de-escalation of quarantine classifications, Roque said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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