Definition Of Modified Community Quarantine

This document highlights the updated definition and rules for civilians and businesses under enhanced community quarantine ecq modified enhanced community quarantine mecq general community quarantine gcq and modified general community.

Definition of modified community quarantine. This is a briefing on the issuances of the philippine government as of may 13 2020 about the imposition of a modified enhanced community quarantine. The government has released a new guideline the quarantine and it is called modified enhanced community quarantine or mecq with all the acronyms it has generated since the start of the lockdown in march 15 it s hard to keep track of what everything means. In luzon an enhanced community quarantine has been declared initially until april 12 only however due to the increasing coronavirus related figures it has been extended until april 30. Modified general community quarantine mgcq photo by angie de silva rappler.

Modified enhanced community quarantine. To know what form of quarantine your province or city is. The general community quarantine currently implemented since sunday march 15 is where movement of people shall be limited to accessing basic necessities and work uniformed personnel and quarantine officers shall be present at border points the memorandum said. This is the modified enhanced community quarantine that will be enforced only in metro manila laguna and cebu city from may 16 to 31.

An indefinite enhanced community quarantine was imposed in caraga alternatively known as one shield caraga started on april 7 and in the davao region which took effect on april 4. Last 15th of may the government released and approved the omnibus guidelines on the implementation of community quarantine in the philippines. The enhanced community quarantine in luzon covers the island of luzon and its outlying islands or eight out of seventeen regions of the philippines.