Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque admitted that the prolonged enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) enforced in Central Visayas (Region 7) and Northern Mindanao (Region 10) did not work.
“I have an emergency meeting with DOH regional directors of Region 7 (Central Visayas) and Northern Mindanao because despite the prolonged ECQ, there seems to be no improvement,” Duque said during a virtual.
“It is really troubling, to say the least,” he added.
Iloilo City, Iloilo Province, Cagayan De Oro City and Gingoog Misamis Oriental have been placed in ECQ since July 16.
The DOH said that 42% of the COVID-19 cases today in the country are from the highly contagious Delta COVID-19 variant.
So far, around 12 million Filipinos have been vaccinated against COVID-19, far from the target of 70 million by year end.
