Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the request of Davao City to be placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) beginning June 5 until June 20, 2021.
The IATF issued Resolution No. 119 s. 2021, on June 3, 2021, approving the recommendations of the Screening and Validation Committee for the reclassification of Davao City from General Community Quarantine (GCQ) to MECQ.
It can be recalled that Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has requested the Inter-Agency Task Force-Regional Task Force (IATF-RTF) to place Davao City under MECQ from June 5 to 30, 2021, to prevent the surge of Covid-19 patients inside hospitals.
In an advisory, the city stated that the request aims to help the city’s frontliners by making sure that the “stay home” campaign will be strictly observed except for work or business.
The city will be guided by the regulations for MECQ under the IATF Omnibus Guidelines dated May 20, 2021, particularly Page 9, Section 3 and the Department of Trade and Industry Memorandum Circular No. 21-19 dated May 14, 2021.
The salient points of the guidelines include limiting the movement of all persons to accessing goods and establishments and for work in such establishments (Sec. 3, IATF Omnibus Guidelines dated May 20, 2021). It also states that any person below eighteen (18) years old and over sixty-five (65) years of age and persons with comorbidities, pregnant women shall be required to stay at home, except for obtaining essential goods and services (Sec. 3, IATF Omnibus Guidelines dated May 20, 2021).
Meanwhile, the city called on those affected by MECQ zero operational capacity to coordinate with the Trabaho Dabawenyo employment assistance at the City Mayor’s Office Special Project Office at Magsaysay Park. They may also coordinate with the office through the following numbers: (082) 244 7054; 0977-193-8176 / 0923-585-1995; and its Facebook Page, Work for Davao.
