5 LGUs in CAR remain COVID-19 moderate risk areas  

BAGUIO CITY, July 1(PIA)- –  Five   local   government units(LGUs)  in the  Cordillera Region are still classified as moderate risk areas of COVID 19 while two LGUS  are categorized as  low-risk areas  and placed  under   moderate community quarantine(MGCQ) from July 1 to 15.

President Rodrigo Duterte announced last night the classification of community quarantine that will be imposed in provinces, highly urbanized cities and independent component cities   in the country in the next 15 days.

For CAR, Benguet province is reverted under  general community quarantine (GCQ) from MGCQ.

The provinces of Abra, Ifugao and Kalinga and the City of Baguio are placed under MGCQ with strict local action while the provinces of Apayao and Mountain Province are grouped under MGCQ- low risk.

Under Resolution No. 48 of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging  Infectious Diseases, risk classification of provinces, highly urbanized cities and independent component cities is based on case doubling time and critical care utilization rate.

Areas  classified   as high-risk areas  are  placed  under  Enhanced Community  Quarantine  or   Modified ECQ  while moderate risk areas are  placed under  GCQ or Modified GCQ with modifiers such as  strict local action.

Low risk areas are put under MGCQ.

Residents in all  levels of community quarantine are reminded  to stay home  or  go out of their homes  only for essential purposes, and to always follow minimum health   standards such as wearing   face mask,  and observing  physical distancing, proper  cough etiquette and  proper hand washing .

Meanwhile, based on the July 1 DOH CAR case bulletin, CAR has 116 confirmed cases with 89 recoveries and two deaths. There are 25 active cases with two in Abra, six in Apayao, five in Baguio City, eight in Benguet, three in Ifugao and one in Kalinga. Mountain Province has zero case with its first and only case already discharged from the hospital.

Benguet has 38 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 32 recoveries. Eight  patients are still confined at the Benguet General Hospital and at the Sto Nino Isolation   facility in Baguio City and all are in stable condition.  The cases came from 10 of the 13 towns in the province. (JDP/PIA CAR)