LUCENA CITY – The Lucena City police force on Saturday strongly denied reports on social media that the local government is set to enforce a “hard lockdown” as a final measure before the transition after May 15 from an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to a general community quarantine (GCQ). “There will be no implementation of hard lockdown in the city contrary to rumors,” the Lucena police said on its Facebook page. Arnel Avila, Lucena City public information officer, also refuted the disinformation being spread on social media. Under hard lockdown status, residents are strictly not allowed to go out of their houses. Only health workers, police and military personnel, and other workers in essential services are allowed to go out,Commercial business operations including markets are also prohibited during a hard lockdown.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 09, 2020 01:18 UTC