PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown had just been fortified with a fleet of commandos following the re-classification of Davao City back to general community quarantine in the wake of a surge in the number of COVID-19 infection.
The additional security forces were from the Special Action Force and the Regional Mobile Force Battalion.
In a television hourly news update, Davao City police chief Police Colonel Kirby Kraft, who admitted having requested for the additional deployment of uniformed personnel for the enforcement of quarantine protocols, said a total of 26 SAF commandos and 48 members of the RMFB have been deployed to the city.
Aside from the commandos, SAF director Police Brigadier General Bernabe Balba said that two medium troop carrier gazelles were also deployed to Davao City.
A total of 5,881 COVID-19 cases were reported in Davao City. Of this number, 2,016 are active cases. Some 3,601 have recovered from the disease while the death toll is at 264.
Davao City was placed under general community quarantine last November 20 due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.