LOCKDOWN. Covid team spokesperson Jeck Conlu said on Wednesday (Jan. 19, 2022) the implementation of granular lockdown in selected areas in Iloilo City could help arrest its increasing Covid-19 cases. Since the start of the year, the city has implemented the lockdown in at least 17 barangays.(PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - The implementation of granular lockdowns in selected areas of Iloilo City will help arrest the rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Granular lockdown has been imposed in selected areas from the city's 17 barangays with two or more Covid-19 cases, said Jeck Conlu, spokesperson for the Iloilo City Covid team, in an interview on Wednesday. "It is possible that the number will increase if there are local transmissions. The areas, sitio (zones), compound or houses are locked down while we are conducting contact tracing, swabbing and isolation," he said. He said the move is necessary so that once they found out that there is local transmission