EXPLAINER: What's modified ECQ and modified GCQ?

(UPDATED) The changes to the country's strictest form of quarantine allows more industries to resume operations while giving local governments the power to declare hard lockdowns in barangays with COVID-19 cases.

The Philippine government has introduced a new form of quarantine to save economies of urban hubs with high numbers of coronavirus cases.

This is the"modified enhanced community quarantine" that will be enforced only in Metro Manila, Laguna, and Cebu City from May 16 to 31. This term was introduced by Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque in a press briefing on Tuesday, May 12. He also introduced the term"modified general community quarantine" which will be observed in"low-risk" provinces and cities. Despite the label, it doesn't entail any strict stay-at-home measures. But it does require the continuance of health guidelines like mask-wearing, physical distancing, and frequent handwashing.People will be allowed to leave their homes only to obtain essential goods and go to work in industries allowed to resume by the government.

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