The<unk>  is a series of stay-at-home orders and cordon sanitaire measures implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on the island of<unk>  and its associated islands. It is part of the COVID-19<unk><unk> s in the Philippines, a larger scale of COVID-19 containment measures with varying degrees of strictness. The<unk><unk><unk> " (ECQ) is the strictest of these measures and is effectively a total lockdown. There were three instances of the ECQ being implemented in<unk> . The first was implemented between March 17 and May 31, 2020. This was announced on March 16, two days after the government of the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte placed Metro Manila under a<unk><unk> " on March 14. It was implemented throughout<unk>  from March 17 until April 30, and remained in areas with a high risk of infection until May 31. New degrees such as "modified<unk><unk><unk> " (MECQ) and "general<unk><unk> " (GCQ) were introduced by the IATF-EID during the month of May as easing restrictions commenced, until all restrictions under ECQ and MECQ were downgraded to GCQ and "modified general<unk><unk> " (MGCQ) on June 1. After two months of a relaxed GCQ status, a second MECQ was reimplemented in Metro Manila and its immediate surrounding provinces on August 4 and was lifted on August 18. Finally, on January 24, 2021, a third ECQ was restored in Tabuk while an MECQ was raised in four more municipalities in Kalinga. It was lifted on February 15. Due to a recent spike in COVID cases, especially in the Greater Manila Area, another ECQ was reimplemented for the Holy Week starting on March 29 until April 4, which has since been extended until April 11, 2021. The ECQ affected around 57 million people in<unk>  during its peak. It also resulted in the mobilization of the national and local governments, with the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act passed to combat the epidemic. The effectiveness of the ECQ implementation was noted by a study made by the University of the Philippines, although there were also several documented cases of violations of ECQ regulations. Authorities then pushed for stricter enforcement, which in turn raised concerns of human rights violations.
Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon
Investigations into the origin of COVID-19
Treatment and management of COVID-19
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness
Chinese government response to COVID-19
Singaporean measures against Middle East respiratory syndrome
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Global Alliance for Rabies Control