NOW on its second week under the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine, Cagayan de Oro City has been reeling still from the surge of new Covid-19 cases. In this month’s first weekend, authorities have reported some 283 new cases ― 110 on Saturday and 173 on Sunday. City epidemiologist Dr. Teodulfo Joselito Retuya identified the bulk of the batch of new cases as residents whose ages ranged from 20 to 39 years old.

Here are scenes in the city under the strict quarantine measures through the lens of photojournalist Froilan Gallardo. (CBC)

CURFEW CLEANING. A fast-food worker cleans and disinfects their restaurant in Divisoria after curfew hours on Monday, June 7, 2021. The City Government implemented a 9 pm to 5 am curfew in the city to curb the rising Covid 19 cases. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
TRANSPORT. An ambulance driver waits for instructions and directions to the location of a Covid-19 patient. A spike of Covid-19 cases in Cagayan de Oro City has prompted authorities to implement the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
ISOLATION. The face of a Covid-19 patient is framed by the window of an ambulance that came to fetch him somewhere in Cagayan de Oro on Monday. A spike in Covid-19 cases in the city has prompted authorities to impose the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
CATCHING ZEES. A laborer sleeps on a cart after curfew hours to catch a few hours of sleep before going back to work in Cogon Public Market in downtown Cagayan de Oro on Monday. Photo by Froilan Gallardo