PAPERS PLEASE In this file photo on Aug. 5, 2021, members of the QCPD ask motorists crossing the boundary of RIzal Province and Quezon City on the Batasan-San Mateo bridge for proper identification and proof that they are Authorized Person Outside of Residence or APOR as required in areas under ECQ. The same protocol will be imposed on Laguna, which was placed under a strict lockdown from August 16 to 20 to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the province, especially its Delta variant. Photo by John Orven Verdote
LAGUNA province will remain under strictest lockdown from August 16 to 20 to try and arrest the rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, particularly the more contagious Delta variant, Malacañang said on Saturday.
Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) extended the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) of Laguna "upon the recommendation of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and after consultation with the local government of Laguna."