The "enhanced community quarantine" (ECQ) is the strictest of these measures and is effectively a total lockdown. There were three instances of the ECQ being implemented in Luzon. The first ECQ and first MECQ were implemented between March 17 and May 31, 2020.

Localities under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) are generally ordered to stay at home, with its residents restricted from traveling to other cities or barangays. The ECQ is equivalent to a total or complete lockdown in terms of security.

2021年4月11日 · The lockdown in the “NCR Plus” bubble covering Metro Manila and 4 neighboring provinces – Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite – will be eased to a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ)...

2021年3月27日 · MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to place Metro Manila and nearby provinces known as 'NCR Plus' under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest quarantine classification, this Holy Week.

2021年7月30日 · MANILA – Metro Manila will be placed under the most restrictive enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, Malacañang said on Friday. This, after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID)…

2021年4月11日 · President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday approved the recommendation of the government's pandemic task force to place the capital region and the four provinces — collectively known as National Capital...

2021年4月3日 · MANILA – The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble will be in force for another week beginning April 5, Malacañang announced on Saturday. Retaining the ECQ classification in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal was based on…

2021年3月27日 · MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte ordered another week of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest quarantine status, in Metro Manila and its nearby provinces from March 29 to April 4, Malacañang announced on Saturday.

2021年4月12日 · ECQ vs. MECQ: What’s the difference? Roque announced yesterday that MECQ, the second strictest lockdown category, would be in place in NCR Plus until the end of April. Here are guidelines between the two lockdown categories:

2021年7月30日 · Beginning August 6, 2021, the classification of the NCR shall be escalated to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) until August 20, 2021. The heightened restrictions for NCR are more stringent compared to the GCQ with heightened restrictions of other areas.