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Read more about the article No liquor, no leisure activities to remain in Davao GCQ
At the checkpoint in Lasang, a composite team of health workers, traffic officials, local security and Task Force Davao personnel conduct temperature checks and verification of IDs of people coming in to Davao City from the northern side of Mindanao. Those coming from Tagum City are barred from entering, as the first Covid-19 patient of Davao Region is confined in that City. (Ken E. Cagula/ davaotoday.com)

No liquor, no leisure activities to remain in Davao GCQ

The city will still implement the liquor ban and prohibit leisure activities once the city is placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) starting May 16.

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16,000 COVID-19 test kits arrive in SPMC but lacking extraction kits

Despite the increase of its testing capacity for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, the Southern Philippines Medical Center said they are lacking in extraction kits.

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Read more about the article Davao City to ease into GCQ, but restrictions remain
A barangay tanod (watchman) in Agdao Centro sprays a disinfectant on a resident's hands prior to his entry into the community. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Davao City to ease into GCQ, but restrictions remain

The Inter-agency Taskforce on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has recommended Davao City along with ten cities to ease into general community quarantine (GCQ) after two months of lockdown.

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Read more about the article Zubiri wants to retain GCQ for Bukidnon
Bukidnon Gov. Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. explains to reporters during a hastily called press conference Thursday (April 16) that he did not order banana and pineapple companies to stop operation as part of the enhanced community quarantine measures the provincial government has set to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Zubiri wants to retain GCQ for Bukidnon

Bukidnon Governor Jose Maria Zubiri Jr has asked the national government on Wednesday to retain the general community quarantine (GCQ) on the province instead of the low-risk area status that the inter-agency task force intends to declare.

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