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LGUs told to impose granular lockdowns amid rise in Covid cases

(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Wednesday enjoined local government units (LGUs) to impose granular or localized lockdowns in areas with an uptick in Covid-19 cases to prevent infections from again reaching an alarming level. Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, said President Rodrigo Duterte and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) are concerned about the surge in infections, noting LGUs should step up in efforts to control the movement of people. "Of course, we are getting worried, at dapat lang! Kaya ang panawagan (and we should! That is why our appeal is (sad) LGUs please enforce. Kapag may tumataas ang bilang ng kaso, granular lockdown. Hindi po nawala sa equation ang granular lockdown (If there is a rise in cases, granular lockdown. Granular lockdowns should not be erased from the equation)," he said in a Palace press briefing. Nograles emphasized that it is the "responsibility& ....

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