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Palace nudges local gov'ts: Tap granular lockdowns vs COVID-19 uptick

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People walk past a sign informing the public regarding the imposition a granular lockdown at Block 4 alley along Scout Bayoran Street in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City on Oct. 21, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN NEWS" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/12/29/20211021-covid19-granular-lockdown-bayoran-jc-013041800.jpg"/><figcaption>People walk past a sign informing the public regarding the imposition a granular lockdown at Block 4 alley along Scout Bayoran Street in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City on Oct. 21, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN NEWS</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Malacañang on Wednesday reminded local governments to impose granular lockdowns to curb clusters of COVID-19 cases. </p><p>This, as the Philippines reported 889 new <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/28/21/ph-confirms-over-400-new-covid-19-cases">COVID-19 cases</a>, the highest in a month amid omicron threat. </p><div> </div><p>&quot;LGUs, granular lockdown kayo kapag may nakita kayong pagtaas or pag-spike,&quot; said said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, acting spokesman for the Palace. </p><p>&quot;Granular lockdowns can be done on a household, street level, purok level, community level, barangay level or series of barangay. Nasa kamay ninyo po iyan, nasa authority ninyo po iyan mag-granular lockdown kung kinakailangan,&quot; he said in a press briefing. </p><p>(LGUs, impose granular lockdowns if you see an increase or spike in cases... That&#x27;s in your hands, the authority to roll out granular lockdowns if necessary.)</p><p>Nograles said the uptick in cases might be driven by social gatherings for the Christmas and New Year holidays. </p><p>&quot;Of course, nababahala kami. Nababahala ang IATF. Nababahala si Pangulo. Nababahala ang buong puwersa ng Malacañang, at dapat ang taumbayan din po,&quot; said the official. </p><p>(We are concerned. The IATF is worried. The President is worried. The whole Malacañang force is concerned, and the public should be, too.)</p><p>&quot;This is a shared responsibility. Hindi po dapat nakaatang lamang sa balikat ng pamahalaan ninyo or ng LGU,&quot; he added. </p><p>(This should not be shouldered by your government or the LGU alone.) </p><p>He said he would announce this Wednesday or on Thursday the COVID-19 alert levels for Jan. 1 to 15. </p><p>&quot;Hindi po bawal na mag-increase tayo ng alert level sa provinces, highly urbanized cities kapag kinakailangan, without even completing iyong 15 days,&quot; Nograles noted. </p><p>(We are not banned from raising the alert level in provinces, highly urbanized cities if needed, even without completing the 15 days.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/28/21/octa-covid-positivity-rate-sa-ncr-lampas-na-sa-5">OCTA: COVID positivity rate sa NCR, lampas na sa 5%</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/12/28/21/doh-4-ncr-cities-at-moderate-risk-for-covid-19">DOH: San Juan, Las Piñas, Manila, Makati at &#x27;moderate risk&#x27; for COVID-19</a></li></ul><div> </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=1877571" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><em>Video courtesy of PTV </em></div><div> </div>

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Palace nudges local gov'ts: Tap granular lockdowns vs COVID-19 uptick

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published December 29, 2021 05:12 PM PHT

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