Blowing of ship horns, ringing of church bells signal start Cebu City lockdown

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Cebu City's enhanced community quarantine begins Saturday noon, March 28. President Rodrigo Duterte previously referred to enhanced community quarantine as a “lockdown.” COVID19PH

CHECKPOINT. Authorities man a checkpoint in Cebu City. Photo by Gelo Litonjua/Rappler

Like the whole province of Cebu, this city will impose a lockdown or enhanced community quarantine to level up its fight to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. “We want to make sure when we implement on March 28, noontime, that people can see, and are aware,” Labella said in a mix of English and Cebuano. Labella signed executive order 064 putting Cebu City in a lockdown on Thursday, March 26.

Cebu City applies a lockdown after 9 more patients in the province tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

 

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