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'Di mapigilan na social gatherings': Tuguegarao starts 10-day ECQ as COVID cases rise

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/03/30/tuguegarao.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Tuguegarao PIO</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Tuguegarao City has been placed under 10-day enhanced community quarantine beginning Tuesday due to the continuous rise of COVID-19 cases, its mayor said.</p><p>The enhanced community quarantine may be extended by 4 days if cases will not decline, said Mayor Jefferson Soriano. </p><p>The 10-day period is based on the World Health Organization&#x27;s guidelines that virus patients are no longer infectious after 10 days, according to Soriano.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1650126" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;Wala pa pong variant dito. Medyo nagkumpiyansa lang po ang mga tao, &#x27;yun po ang analysis ko bilang tatay ng lugar. It’s a cocktail of factors po, mga hindi mapigilan na social gatherings,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(There is no COVID-19 variant here. The people just became complacent, that&#x27;s just my analysis as the city&#x27;s father. It&#x27;s a cocktail of factors, including social gatherings.&quot;</p><p>The city&#x27;s healthcare capacity is full as active cases reached 568 as of Tuesday, Soriano said. Some 91 frontliners are infected, of which 51 are healthcare workers, he added.</p><p>Tuguegarao City also has a higher mortality rate than the national average at 20 percent, according to the mayor.</p><p>&quot;Ang healthcare utilization rate natin, puno na po ang COVID hospitals namin lalo na ang main COVID-19 hospital namin sa region, ang Cagayan Valley Medical Center,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Our healthcare utilization rate, our COVID hospitals are full, especially our main COVID-19 hospital--Cagayan Valley Medical Center.)</p><p>Under the ECQ, only essential travel is allowed and documents such as travel pass from the point of origin is needed, said Soriano.</p><p>A curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. will also be enforced, he added.</p><p>The city in late January was also placed under ECQ due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/30/21/ecq-sa-tuguegarao-pinalawig-pa-hanggang-peb-3">ECQ sa Tuguegarao pinalawig pa hanggang Peb. 3</a></li></ul><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/cityinformationoffice/posts/2426685384122045" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>Tuguegarao City has been placed under 10-day enhanced community quarantine beginning Tuesday due to the continuous rise of COVID-19 cases, its mayor said.</p>

Tuguegarao City has been placed under 10-day enhanced community quarantine beginning Tuesday due to the continuous rise of COVID-19 cases, its mayor said.