MARCH 16, 2020. Philippine President Duterte declared the entire Luzon under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) which effects a total lockdown, restricting the movement of the population but with exceptions, in response to the growing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.
Alternatively, the whole country has a code red sublevel 2 which is the level of alarm where LGU's, especially in Luzon which is under ECQ. This means the LGU's would initiate their moves to help contain the spread of disease in their jurisdictions like using their Quick Response Funds (QRF's), conducting checkpoints, etc.
The declaration created snowball effects on the different political places in Luzon area, locking down their borders with exceptions to those who want to pass with travel permits. In Baguio, City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong signed Executive Order 65 s, 2020 declaring Baguio under citywide community quarantine to prevent the possible entry of COVID-19 which sought the help of the PNP and AFP to enforce ECQ guidelines and to conduct checkpoints at the borders and within the city. Middle Quirino Hill Barangay officials, volunteers and functionaries conducted their regular meeting in the late noon of March 16,2020 and discussed the ECQ declaration and its guidelines that affected the daily normal activities of the people, the community, and the whole City of Baguio. During the meeting, Kagawad on Peace and Order Pedro Dasing proposed their committee resolution for the approval of the closure of View Deck, whereas, the council has approved it at once.
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