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Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu cities want to stay under enhanced community quarantine

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The highly-urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu asked the national government to extend their enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until they complete their mass testing, a mayor said Tuesday.Cebu City alone wants to test a tenth of its around 1 million residents for the novel coronavirus, said Mayor Edgardo Labella.The city, which lies beside Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu, has so far screened some 10,300 people. Around 1,660 of them, including some 300 inmates, tested positive, were asymptomatic, and isolated, he said.&quot;Hindi talaga puwedeng magkumpiyansa tayo. Jointly with Mandaue City and Lapu-lapu City, naghingi kami ng consideration na mag-enhanced community quarantine pa kami,&quot; Labella told DZMM.(We can&#x27;t be smug. Jointly with Mandaue City and Lapu-lapu City, we asked for consideration to keep our enhanced community quarantine.)From May 16 to 31, Cebu City will be under a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/12/20/modified-lockdown-set-in-metro-manila-2-other-areas" target="_blank">&quot;modified lockdown&quot;</a> that will allow select industries to operate at 50-percent capacity.An inter-agency task force recommended Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu to be placed under general community quarantine from Saturday.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/12/20/modified-enhanced-general-quarantine-whats-the-difference">Modified, enhanced, general quarantine: What&#x27;s the difference?</a></li></ul><div>DZMM, May 13, 2020</div>

The highly-urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu asked the national government to extend their enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until they complete their mass testing, a mayor said Tuesday.

The highly-urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu asked the national government to extend their enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until they complete their mass testing, a mayor said Tuesday.