Tag: Metro Manila lockdown

PNP: 294 areas in NCR under granular lockdown

(Eagle News) — At least 200 areas are under a granular lockdown in Metro Manila, Philippine National Police data showed as of Sunday, Sept. 26. According to the PNP data, the 294 areas on lockdown are located in 151 barangays in 10 cities and municipalities. Of these, 193  were houses, 14 residential building floors, 39 entire residential buildings, 30 streets, and 18 were subdivisions. Metro Manila is under a COVID-19 alert level 4 until September […]

Año says Metro Manila lockdown “not yet” necessary

(Eagle News) –Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday, March 10, said a Metro Manila lockdown was “not yet” needed. Año said this was because only a “few” of the confirmed 24 coronavirus disease cases had no travel history. This means, he said, that there was no proof of a sustained community transmission. The Department of Health said a sustained community transmission exists if there was an increase in the number of local COVID-19 with unestablished […]