The Quezon City government has formed QC Laban COVID-19, a team of quarantine officers tasked to monitor areas within
barangays that will be placed under special concern lockdown for 14 days due to the high number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidents. The first set of areas will be placed under special concern lockdown beginning Wednesday, May 13.
“They will be deployed to locations that will be placed under special concern lockdown to ensure that quarantine processes are strictly followed,” said Kimpo.
The quarantine officers are also mandated to conduct information dissemination, explaining to the general population their part on how to combat the spread of COVID-19 in their community.
The City Health Department will in turn be conducting extensive testing in these areas to make sure they are covid-free after the 14 day period ends.
Meanwhile, Dr. Cruz explained that the selection of areas that will be placed under special concern lockdown is based from the results of community based testing conducted by the CHD and the QC-ESU. An initial five areas have been identified.
“If clustering was observed in these areas, meaning two or more households in each area have positive cases, it is very likely they will end up under the special concern lockdown,” said Dr. Cruz.
The City Health Department may also place urban poor and highly-dense locations in barangays under special concern lockdown if there is presence of clustering.