Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Domagoso said on Tuesday the city government is studying the possibility of implementing hard lockdown in some areas due to the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
In an interview on Dobol B sa News TV, Domagoso said that city officials are assessing if a hard lockdown will be enforced in Tondo, Sta. Cruz, San Andres and Malate.
“It’s in my table already last (Monday) night ‘yung plan… we’re gonna do more communication kasi when we do a hard lockdown, we give them ample time to prepare. We do not want to do it ura-urada ba…” Domagoso said.
Domagoso said this aims to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Manila City.
“Yun ang isang basehan, ‘yung exposure ng ating mga kababayan sa pagiging PUI (person under investigation) at saka ‘yung presensya ng coronavirus sa community,” he said.
Last week, a 48-hour hard lockdown was implemented in Sampaloc due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in the area.
So far, Manila has 644 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 60 deaths and 89 recoveries.