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Valenzuela City placed under state of calamity amid COVID-19 threat

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/03/16/20200316-coronavirus-checkpoint-valenzuela-md-58-s.jpg"/><figcaption>Health workers from the Valenzuela City government check the temperatures of motorcycle riders entering the checkpoint between Valenzuela City and Meycauayan, Bulacan on Monday.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Valenzuela City has declared a state of calamity on Monday, shortly after Malacañang placed Metro Manila under an “enhanced community quarantine” to stop the COVID-19 contagion.</p><p>Under the law, local government units are authorized to spend their quick response funds in the event their jurisdiction experiences a calamity.</p><p>Valenzuela’s state of calamity declaration was confirmed thru Mayor Rex Gatchalian’s post on his official Twitter page.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Valenzuela City, isinailalim na rin sa state of calamity ayon kay Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/rex_gatchalian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rex_gatchalian</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://t.co/qi9WtYBX3f">pic.twitter.com/qi9WtYBX3f</a></p>— jeff hernaez (@jeffreyhernaez) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreyhernaez/status/1239482687460478977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Other Metro Manila cities that declared a state of calamity as of March 16 include Las Piñas, Manila, Mandaluyong, Muntinlupa, Pasay, San Juan, and Quezon City.</p><p>As of March 15, 140 individuals in the Philippines tested positive for the disease. Twelve died, 2 recuperated, while others remain confined in hospitals.</p><p>The COVID-19 has killed nearly 5,000 people and infected 150,000 others worldwide, prompting the World Health Organization to declare it as a global pandemic.</p><div><strong>RELATED STORIES: </strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/12/20/philippines-covid-ncov-latest-updates-terms-pandemic">From pandemic to social distancing: A coronavirus glossary</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/12/20/philippines-covid-ncov-latest-updates-effects-body-symptoms">What does the coronavirus do to the body?</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/12/20/how-deadly-is-coronavirus-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont">How deadly is coronavirus? What we know and what we don’t</a></li></ul>

<p>Valenzuela City has declared a state of calamity on Monday, shortly after Malacañang placed Metro Manila under an “enhanced community quarantine” to stop the COVID-19 contagion.</p>

Valenzuela City has declared a state of calamity on Monday, shortly after Malacañang placed Metro Manila under an “enhanced community quarantine” to stop the COVID-19 contagion.