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Palace says Bataan placed under ECQ on August 8 to 22

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<p>MANILA—Malacañang on Saturday said Bataan province will be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) starting on Sunday until August 22 to stem the growth of virus infections.</p><p>In a statement, Malacañang Spokesperson Harry Roque said it was President Rodrigo Duterte who approved the Inter-Agency Task Force&#x27;s (IATF) recommendation to place the province under a 2-week tougher lockdown. </p><p>Bataan was earlier under modified ECQ until August 15. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/05/21/laguna-iloilo-city-cdo-under-ecq-from-august-6-15">Palace: Laguna, Iloilo City, CDO under ECQ from Aug. 6-15</a></li></ul><p>On Thursday, Duterte also approved placing Iloilo City, Laguna, and Cagayan De Oro under ECQ. </p><p>Metro Manila, home to at least 13 million people, will also be under ECQ from August 6 to 20 to halt the rapid spread of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, which first emerged from India. </p><p>Experts have tagged the variant as behind the surge of infections in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. </p><p>The Philippines on Saturday, meanwhile, marked the second day of registering more than 10,000 fresh infections and the third day of having over 100 new fatalities. — With reports from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/07/21/nearly-4-month-high-as-ph-posts-11021-new-covid-cases ">PH logs 11,021 new COVID-19 cases, highest in nearly 4 months</a></li></ul><div><strong>WATCH</strong></div><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=1741695" 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>

On Thursday, Duterte also approved placing Iloilo City, Laguna, and Cagayan De Oro under ECQ. 