Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia appeals to separate the rising COVID-19 cases in Cebu City from the situation in Cebu province, in her hopes of placing the province under general community quarantine (GCQ) after May 15.
Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia appealed on Friday to separate the rising COVID-19 cases in Cebu City from the situation in Cebu province, in her hopes of placing the province under general community quarantine after May 15.
Garcia said they don’t have any jurisdiction with Cebu City because it has its own charter, as prescribed in Republic Act No. 3857 signed into law in 1964. Section 29 of the Local Government Code also states that highly urbanized cities, such as Cebu City, and independent component cities shall be independent of the province. “I do hope when the IATF decides upon the lifting or the continuance of the ECQ, they would closely scrutinize the difference between the situation of the province of Cebu and the city of Cebu,” said Garcia. The Cebu governor also cited the distinction on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cebu province and Cebu City. She reported the province of Cebu has only 39 confirmed COVID-19 cases, while Cebu City has 1,435 infections of the virus. Garcia added that among the 39 COVID-19 infections in the province, 24 are from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center. “With that kind of perspective, we do hope that Cebu province will be allowed to transition into general community quarantine,” said the governor. Garcia assured the provincial government is still implementing strict border controls in Cebu province to further avert the virus. In Cebu City alone, two areas have been placed under total lockdown due to the spike in cases of the viral illness. These are
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