Ten barangays in Navotas were placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) starting May 23, 5:01am, until May 31, 11:59pm.
These are Barangays NBBS Dagat-Dagatan, NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Proper, San Jose, NBBN, Sipac Almacen, Daanghari, Tangos North, Tangos South, and San Roque.
The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases-National Capital Region (RIATF NCR) noted that these barangays have the highest number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city.
In Executive Order No. TMT-030, Mayor Toby Tiangco laid out the guidelines for residents of barangays under ECQ, highlighting the strict implementation of the rule on home quarantine pass (HQP).
“Only one person per household will be allowed to use the previously issued HQP. No additional HQPs shall be issued by the barangays,” he said. “The HQP shall be valid for use by the resident-only on days allowed for the barangay that issued the HQP.”
Navotas implements a barangay-based market schedule.
HQP holders of Barangays San Rafael Village, NBBS Kaunlaran, Bangkulasi, Bagumbayan South, Navotas East, Sipac-Almacen, Daanghari, Tangos North, and Tanza 1 can go out of their homes to buy essentials only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Those from Barangays NBBS Proper, NBBS Dagat-Dagatan, NBBN, Bagumbayan North, Navotas West, San Jose, San Roque, Tangos South, and Tanza 2 can do so on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Public markets are closed on Sundays for cleaning and disinfection.
“Essential workers or those exempted by the IATF, including those who work at the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority, will be allowed to go to work provided they bring a valid company ID or a certificate of employment,” Tiangco noted.
He also ordered that those leaving their homes should properly wear face masks, maintain 1 or 2-meter physical distancing, and avoid grouping or crowd. “Vulnerable sector, particularly the elderly and young children are not allowed to go out, except for emergency purposes,” he added. “Distribution of social amelioration subsidy, relief goods and other forms of assistance should, as much as possible, coincide with the above schedule.”
Tiangco explained that based on data from the City Health Office, there is a high possibility of transmission of community-acquired respiratory diseases in marketplaces and other public areas.
“We already have 138 cases of COVID-19. We need to double our efforts to slow down the increase of cases in our city,” he said.
“Through the ECQ and by implementing barangay-based scheduling, we hope to reduce the number of people who go out of their homes at a given time and lower the risk of them contracting COVID-19 or them transmitting the disease to others,” he added.
