By J. Jala | 10:40 PM March 28, 2020
Cebu City — the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas — is the latest city to shut its borders in an attempt to halt the spread of coronavirus.
It closed its borders on Saturday noon, March 28, 2020.
Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has placed the city under enhanced community quarantine after Cebu City recorded seven presumptive positive cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The enhanced community quarantine will last until April 28, 2020.
Checkpoints will be established 24 hours a day to ensure the limited movement to and from Cebu City.
Exempted are medical workers, government workers, media, delivery vehicles carrying commodities, and other individuals working in the city amidst the community quarantine such as pharmacists, food service personnel, and bank personnel.
Public transportation, private vehicles and motorcycles, and other means of transport will not be allowed to enter the city, and cannot also ply the city streets during the enhanced community quarantine.
However, government vehicles, delivery vehicles, private vehicles with the purpose to obtain commodities in the city, media, cargo trucks carrying commodities, and free buses deployed by the city government are exempted.
The city will also provide free rides for medical professionals and those who will still have to work in the city despite the “lockdown.”
Friday saw reports of panic buying at supermarkets after Labella announced its border controls.
The government confirmed 22 positive cases of the coronavirus as of 5 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2020, 16 are from Cebu City. With a report from CDN Digital
