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Davao City under MECQ, GenSan under GCQ from June 5 as COVID-19 cases spike

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/04/20210125-duterte-mondau-ho-12.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on Jan. 25, 2021. <em>Karl Alonzo, Presidential Photo/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The inter-agency task force leading the country&#x27;s COVID-19 response said on Friday it raised the quarantine status in Davao City and General Santos City, both in Mindanao, as COVID-19 cases there have surpassed coronavirus infections in Metro Manila. </p><p>Davao City will be under modified enhanced community quarantine, the second strictest lockdown level, from June 5 to 20, said IATF and Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque. </p><p>Twelve other areas are under MECQ. </p><p>Davao City, President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s hometown, was previously under general community quarantine (GCQ), the second loosest of 4 lockdown levels.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/12/21/mecq-ecq-guidelines-rules-difference-2021">MECQ vs ECQ: What’s the difference?</a></li></ul><p>General Santos City will be under GCQ from June 5 to 30, Roque said in a statement. </p><p>The city was previously under modified GCQ, the least stringent quarantine status. </p><p>As of June 2, there were 11,391 active COVID-19 cases in Mindanao, while Metro Manila had 10,174, according to data from the Department of Health. </p><p>A spike in new cases observed in Davao City and the Zamboanga region was most likely due to more contagious COVID-19 variants and weak compliance with basic health protocols such as proper wearing of face masks and frequent hand washing, said DOH Epidemiology Bureau Director Dr. Alethea De Guzman. </p><p>&quot;Kung pag-uusapan natin &#x27;yung bilis at pagtaas ng kaso, the Mindanao cases as a whole is higher than the cases we are seeing now in Luzon and NCR,&quot; she said in an online press conference on Thursday. </p><p>(If we are talking about the speed in the rise in cases, the Mindanao cases as a whole is higher than the cases we are seeing now in Luzon and NCR.)<br/> <br/><strong>RELATED VIDEO </strong></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=1691871" 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>The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Friday it raised the quarantine status in Davao City and General Santos City, both in Mindanao, as COVID-19 cases there have surpassed coronavirus infections in Metro Manila. <br /> </p>

The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Friday it raised the quarantine status in Davao City and General Santos City, both in Mindanao, as COVID-19 cases there have surpassed coronavirus infections in Metro Manila.

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Davao City under MECQ, GenSan under GCQ from June 5 as COVID-19 cases spike

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published Jun 04, 2021 11:43 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 04, 2021 12:57 PM PHT

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