CEBU City will remain under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as hospitals there have been overwhelmed due to a surge in cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said.

In a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte aired over state-run PTV-4 early Wednesday, Duque noted the quick case doubling time — or the amount of time needed for an area’s number of cases to double — was too short, at less than seven days.

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