SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — The provincial government of La Union has placed this city and four municipalities under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from October 1 to 14 due to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and the presence of its Delta variant.
“The provincial government received several requests for heightened community quarantine from component local government units (LGUs). Resulting from the discussion with the local chief executives (LCEs) of the component LGUs, there is a need to implement heightened community quarantine in selected localities to arrest the further spread of the virus,” said Governor Francisco Emmanuel Ortega III in Executive Order No. 47 issued on Wednesday night.
This capital city and the towns of Agoo, Balaoan, Bauang, and Sudipen will be under MECQ.
Meanwhile, Aringay, Bacnotan, Bangar, Burgos, Caba, Bagulin, Luna, Pugo, San Juan, and Santo Tomas towns will be under general community quarantine (GCQ) while Naguilian, Rosario, San Gabriel, Santol, at Tubao towns will be under modified GCQ (MGCQ) for the next two weeks.
“The LCEs are hereby directed to reiterate their respective protocols during the period stated and to ensure compliance with the Operational Guidelines on the Application of Zoning Containment Strategy in the Localization of the National Action Plan against COVID-19 Response and other related issuances of the Inter-Agency Task Force and National Government Agencies,” Ortega said.
He added that LCEs may impose granular lockdowns, if necessary, on their respective component barangays by virtue of their authority.
As of September 26, La Union has 3,008 active COVID-19 cases.