Final community quarantine for July: 20 areas under MECQ, 30 under GCQ


Malacañang has announced the final community quarantine classifications for the month of July, placing 20 areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and 30 others under the general community quarantine (GCQ).

Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in line after public utility vehicles (PUVs) were only allowed to operate at 50 percent capacity during the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus bubble. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN)

In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the following areas are under MECQ from July 1 to 15, 2021:

  1. Cagayan
  2. Bataan
  3. Lucena City
  4. Puerto Princesa
  5. Naga City
  6. Iloilo City
  7. Iloilo
  8. Negros Oriental
  9. Zamboanga del Sur
  10. Zamboanga del Norte
  11. Cagayan de Oro City
  12. Davao City
  13. Davao Oriental
  14. Davao Occidental
  15. Davao de Oro
  16. Davao del Sur
  17. Davao del Norte
  18. Butuan City
  19. Dinagat Islands
  20. Surigao del Sur

Meanwhile, Metro Manila, Bulacan, and Rizal are under GCQ with some restrictions; while Cavite and Laguna are under GCQ with heightened restrictions from July 1 to 15, 2021.

The province of Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will be under GCQ from July 1 to 15, 2021, after the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved its appeal to be de-escalated from MECQ.

The following areas will be under GCQ for the entire month of July:

  1. Baguio City
  2. City of Santiago, Isabela
  3. Nueva Vizcaya
  4. Quirino
  5. Batangas
  6. Quezon
  7. Guimaras
  8. Aklan
  9. Bacolod City
  10. Negros Occidental
  11. Antique
  12. Capiz
  13. Zamboanga Sibugay
  14. City of Zamboanga
  15. Iligan City
  16. General Santos City
  17. Sultan Kudarat
  18. Sarangani
  19. Cotabato
  20. South Cotabato
  21. Agusan del Norte
  22. Surigao del Norte
  23. Agusan del Sur
  24. Cotabato City

Meanwhile, the rest of the Philippines will be under the least strict modified GCQ (MGCQ) until July 31, 2021, this includes the province of Ifugao after the IATF approved its appeal to be de-escalated from its original GCQ classification.