Facade of the City Hall of Zamboanga (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has approved a resolution Wednesday afternoon recommending to place this city under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from October 15 to 31 given the surge in Covid-19 cases. On Thursday, Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, local IATF on Covid-19 chief implementer, said the resolution will be submitted to the Regional IATF for endorsement to the national IATF for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), which will make the final decision. The MECQ is a stricter classification compared to the general community quarantine (GCQ), which is the current quarantine status of this city. "We will see to it that the paper works will be done immediately to submit the resolution the soonest time to the RIATF and of course for it to be forwarded to the NIATF," Apolinario said citing there are processes to be followed.
CAUGHT. Alert personnel from the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) intercept three inbound travelers from Basilan province as they try to enter Zamboanga City without the required negative RT-PCR test result on Monday (Sept. 4, 2021). The ZCPO has tightened its watch on all entry points as part of measures to contain the surge in Covid-19 cases. (Photo courtesy of the ZCPO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Personnel of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) have intercepted two men and a woman who entered this city through a private wharf without the required negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result. The three were caught on Monday, the same day Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, local Inter-Agency Task Force on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) chief implementer, ordered an intensified crackdown on health protocol violators amid the surge in Covid-19 cases here. Col. Rexmel Reyes, ZCPO director, on Tuesday said the three, whose identities were withheld, arrived aboa
CAUGHT. Alert personnel from the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) intercept three inbound travelers from Basilan province as they try to enter Zamboanga City without the required negative RT-PCR test result on Monday (Sept. 4, 2021). The ZCPO has tightened its watch on all entry points as part of measures to contain the surge in Covid-19 cases. (Photo courtesy of the ZCPO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Personnel of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) have intercepted two men and a woman who entered this city through a private wharf without the required negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result. The three were caught on Monday, the same day Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, local Inter-Agency Task Force on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) chief implementer, ordered an intensified crackdown on health protocol violators amid the surge in Covid-19 cases here. Col. Rexmel Reyes, ZCPO director, on Tuesday said the three, whose identities were withheld, arrived aboa
City Hall of Zamboanga ZAMBOANGA CITY - The local Inter-Agency Task Force on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has ordered local authorities to intensify the crackdown against all violators of health protocols in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases in this city. Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, the local chief implementer, issued the order Monday as the Sunday lockdown policy remains in effect until the end of the month. Apolinario said in his order to the security sector and the Barangay Sita Task Forces to impose stiffer penalties allowed under the law to all violators. "The Sunday lockdown policy will remain in effect the whole month of October, amid the spike in Covid-19 cases and the threat of the more contagious Delta variant," Apolinario said. The Covid-19 data tracker showed that this city has 16,300 confirmed cases with 13,471 recoveries, 2,090 active cases, and 739 deaths as of October 3. Sixty-four percent of the active cases are symptomatic, 25.4 percent mild, 4.4 pe
QUARANTINE CHECKPOINT. Policemen check motorists' compliance with minimum health standards in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City on Monday (Sept. 27, 2021) as part of a crackdown on violators amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. The city remains under general community quarantine until the end of the month. (Photo courtesy of City Hall Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - This city will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of the month amid the surging cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and the threat of the more contagious Delta variant. Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, chief implementer of the local inter-agency task force addressing the health crisis, said Friday the crackdown against protocol violators would be reinforced due to the spike in Covid-19 cases. The active cases of Covid-19 increased to 1,885 as 193 new cases were recorded on September 30, based on the Covid-19 data tracker. However, the recovered cases also climbed to 13,121 as 1