Quezon City Local Government Office of the City Mayor
QUEZON CITY COVID-19 MEDIA BULLETIN FOR March 30, 2020, 11:00PM
● NEW COVID-19 CASES IN QC ○ As of March 30, 2020, 7PM, the Quezon City Health Department reported additional 27 (twenty seven) cases of COVID-19 in the city. ○ Total number of Quezon City cases is now at 140 (one hundred forty). ○ Additional 27 (twenty seven) cases are from the following barangays: ■ District 1 ● Brgy. Bahay Toro - 2 patients ● Brgy. San Isidro Labrador - 1 patient ● Brgy. Sto. Domingo - 1 patient ■ District 2 ● Brgy. Batasan Hills - 2 patients ■ District 3 ● Brgy. Matandang Balara - 2 patients ● Brgy. Pansol - 1 patient ● Brgy. Silangan - 1 patient ■ District 4 ● Brgy. Bagong Lipunan ng Crame - 2 patients ● Brgy. Kamuning - 1 patient ● Brgy. Kaunlaran - 1 patient ● Brgy. Pinagkaisahan - 1 patient
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● Brgy. Pinyahan - 1 patient ● Brgy. San Isidro Galas - 1 patient ● Brgy. Tatalon - 1 patient ● Brgy. Teachers Village West - 2 patients ● Brgy. UP Campus - 1 patient ■ District 5 ● Brgy. Bagbag - 1 patient ● Brgy. Fairview - 1 patient ■ District 6 ● Brgy. Culiat - 2 patients ● Brgy. Talipapa - 1 patient ● Brgy. Tandang Sora - 1 patient
● AFFECTED BARANGAYS WITH COVID-19 CASES ○ District 1 - 30 patients ■ Bagong Pag-asa - 1 ■ Bahay Toro - 4 ■ Bungad - 2 ■ Del Monte -1 ■ Lourdes -1 ■ Maharlika - 2 ■ Manresa - 1 ■ Mariblo - 1 ■ Masambong - 1 ■ Phil-am 1 ■ Project 6 - 1 ■ Ramon Magsaysay -1 ■ San Antonio - 1 ■ San Isidro Labrador - 4 ■ San Jose - 1
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■ Siena - 2 ■ Sto. Cristo - 3 ■ Sto. Domingo - 1 ■ West Triangle - 1 ○ District 2 - 9 patients ■ Bagong Silangan - 3 ■ Batasan Hills - 6 ○ District 3 - 24 patients ■ E. Rodriguez - 2 ■ Libis - 1 ■ Marilag - 1 ■ Masagana - 1 ■ Matandang Balara - 8 ■ Pansol - 2 ■ San Roque - 3 ■ Silangan - 1 ■ Socorro - 1 ■ Ugong Norte - 2 ■ West Kamias - 1 ■ White Plains - 1
○ District 4 - 49 patients ■ Bagong Lipunan ng Crame - 9 ■ Damayang Lagi - 3 ■ Don Manuel - 1 ■ Dona Imelda - 2 ■ Horseshoe - 2 ■ Immaculate Concepcion - 1 ■ Kalusugan - 4 ■ Kamuning - 1
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■ Kaunlaran - 1 ■ Kristong Hari - 2 ■ Paligsahan - 2 ■ Pinagkaisahan - 1 ■ Pinyahan - 2 ■ Sacred Heart - 1 ■ San Isidro Galas - 2 ■ San Martin de Porres - 1 ■ Sikatuna Village - 1 ■ South Triangle - 4 ■ Tatalon - 2 ■ Teachers Village East - 1 ■ Teachers Village West - 3 ■ UP Campus - 1 ■ Valencia - 2 ○ District 5 - 7 patients ■ Bagbag - 2 ■ Fairview - 3 ■ Kaligayahan - 1 ■ Pasong Putik - 1 ○ District 6 - 21 patients ■ Culiat - 7 ■ New Era - 1 ■ Pasong Tamo - 7 ■ Sauyo - 1 ■ Talipapa - 1 ■ Tandang Sora - 4
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● COVID-19 DEATHS IN QC ○ As of March 30, 2020, 7PM, QC reported additional 7 (seven) deaths. ○ Total number of deaths is now at 26 (twenty six).
● COVID-19 RECOVERIES IN QC ○ As of March 30, 2020, 7PM, QC reported 1 (one) new recovery. ○ Total number of recoveries in the city is 10 (ten).
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EXTREME ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE (EECQ) A. Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) will be implemented in barangays with two or more confirmed cases located in different streets and/or in congested urban poor areas where fast transmission of the disease is highly possible.This is subject to review everyday depending on the number of cases / recoveries. B. Newly reported barangays with two cases have not yet been included in the list because validation is ongoing. C. As of March 30, 2020, 7:00PM, the Quezon City local government is implementing extreme enhanced community quarantine in the following barangays: 1. Tandang Sora 2. Kalusugan 3. Ramon Magsaysay 4. Maharlika 5. Tatalon 6. Batasan Hills 7. Pasong Tamo 8. Central* 9. San Roque 10. Paligsahan 11. Bagong Lipunan ng Crame
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12. South Triangle 13. Culiat 14. Bahay Toro 15. E. Rodriguez 16. San Isidro Labrador 17. Matandang Balara (Added March 30, 2020) 18. Teachers Village West (Added March 30, 2020) *Brgy. Central does not have COVID-19 patients but will be under extreme enhanced community quarantine due to the presence of numerous hospitals along East Avenue.
● DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS ○ The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office together with Quezon City Fire Department continuously disinfects streets and highways. ○ As of March 30, 2020, 396 locations in 134 barangays were disinfected as part of the continuous simultaneous decontamination operations.
● FOOD PACK DISTRIBUTION ○ As of March 30, 7PM, the local government has already distributed 929,000 food packs.
● HOPE II QUARANTINE FACILITY ○ Quezon City government is set to open on Tuesday (March 31) a second temporary quarantine facility for persons under investigation (PUI) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Hope II, will be housed at the sprawling Quezon City University (QCU) Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City.
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● TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR STREET DWELLERS ○ Quezon City gives temporary shelter for street dwellers including several individuals who cannot return to their provinces, amid the enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).The Quezon Memorial Circle was converted from a temporary quarantine area into a holding area for street dwellers.
● AGREEMENT WITH HOSPITALS ○ Following the meeting with Mayor Joy Belmonte, private hospitals in QC and the local government agreed to work closely in fighting COVID-19. Private hospitals will now automatically refer potential and positive cases of COVID-19 to the local government for further action.
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