Note: The cover photo is a stock image and not the actual barangay.

Barangay 20 in Manila City has been put under 24-hour total shutdown by Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso.

The decision was made after the mayor discovered residents in the area had been conducting leisure activities such as bingo games and boxing matches despite social distancing guidelines. There was reportedly a video going around social media showing about 100 individuals participating in an “informally organized boxing match” along a street in Barangay 20.

BREAKING: Mayor @IskoMoreno has ordered a 24-hour TOTAL SHUTDOWN of Barangay 20 upon learning that residents have been conducting leisure activities such as boxing and bingo. Barangay residents now face immense risk of exposure to COVID-19, he said.#AlertoManileno #COVID19PH pic.twitter.com/4A757LzDH7 — Manila Public Information Office (@ManilaPIO) April 13, 2020

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“Barangay residents now face immense risk of exposure to COVID-19,” Moreno said.

Aside from the shutdown, Moreno also ordered immediate disease surveillance, testing, and rapid risk assessment operations in the barangay.

As per Executive Order No. 19, the barangay will be placed under a total shutdown from 8:00 pm on April 14, 2020 until 8:00 pm on April 15, 2020. The shutdown entails restricting residents from leaving their homes as well as the barangay council ceding operations to the local government unit.

“All commercial, industrial, retail, institutional and other activities in the said barangay shall be suspended within the specified period of the shutdown,” Moreno added.

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