The local government unit (LGU) of Sta. Cruz placed the
entire barangay of Sevilla under extreme enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)
starting Monday, June 1, after one confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) was reported in the area.
The patient is a 33-year-old nurse from the said barangay who works at the St. Martin de Porres Hospital in Candon City.
She is now confined and isolated at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center in San Fernando City, La Union.
In the Executive Order No. 56 s. of 2020 issued by Sta. Cruz Mayor Teresita Valle, she said that there is a need to place the entire Barangay Sevilla under extreme enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
With the extreme enhanced community quarantine in placed, residents of Barangay Sevilla are strictly mandated to be on home quarantine.
The quarantine pass is hereby suspended starting June 1 and access to basic necessities by every households shall be the primary duty of barangay officials, in coordination with the LGU-Sta. Cruz and other agencies.
All establishments within the barangay shall be temporarily closed.
All residents of the barangay are no longer allowed to go outside of the barangay and persons who are not residents of Barangay Sevilla are not allowed to enter the barangay to lessen the risk of transmission of the respiratory disease to other communities.
Checkpoints shall be established within the borders of the barangay to ensure that the movements of the persons within and outside of Barangay Sevilla shall be restricted and monitored starting June 1.
This declaration of extreme enhanced community quarantine and all its related rules and regulations shall be subjected to review as the situation further develops.
In a press conference on Monday, Governor Ryan Luis Singson said, “The Provincial Surveillance Team will conduct an extensive contact tracing in identified communities she had been to. Our teams will make use of rapid test kits to help us screen these contacts.”
Governor Singson added, “I appeal to everyone who may have been in close proximity to this person to please help us simplify procedures by voluntarily informing our health officers.”
Related to this, Candon City Mayor Ericson Singson released an official statement on Monday stating that the Candon Local Contact Tracing Team is taking action for the tracing of individuals who might have been in contact with the patient.
He reiterated to the residents to follow minimum health standards such as wearing of face masks and physical distancing. (Contents reposted from Philippine Information Agency)
The patient is a 33-year-old nurse from the said barangay who works at the St. Martin de Porres Hospital in Candon City.
She is now confined and isolated at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center in San Fernando City, La Union.
In the Executive Order No. 56 s. of 2020 issued by Sta. Cruz Mayor Teresita Valle, she said that there is a need to place the entire Barangay Sevilla under extreme enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
With the extreme enhanced community quarantine in placed, residents of Barangay Sevilla are strictly mandated to be on home quarantine.
The quarantine pass is hereby suspended starting June 1 and access to basic necessities by every households shall be the primary duty of barangay officials, in coordination with the LGU-Sta. Cruz and other agencies.
All establishments within the barangay shall be temporarily closed.
All residents of the barangay are no longer allowed to go outside of the barangay and persons who are not residents of Barangay Sevilla are not allowed to enter the barangay to lessen the risk of transmission of the respiratory disease to other communities.
Checkpoints shall be established within the borders of the barangay to ensure that the movements of the persons within and outside of Barangay Sevilla shall be restricted and monitored starting June 1.
This declaration of extreme enhanced community quarantine and all its related rules and regulations shall be subjected to review as the situation further develops.
In a press conference on Monday, Governor Ryan Luis Singson said, “The Provincial Surveillance Team will conduct an extensive contact tracing in identified communities she had been to. Our teams will make use of rapid test kits to help us screen these contacts.”
Governor Singson added, “I appeal to everyone who may have been in close proximity to this person to please help us simplify procedures by voluntarily informing our health officers.”
Related to this, Candon City Mayor Ericson Singson released an official statement on Monday stating that the Candon Local Contact Tracing Team is taking action for the tracing of individuals who might have been in contact with the patient.
He reiterated to the residents to follow minimum health standards such as wearing of face masks and physical distancing. (Contents reposted from Philippine Information Agency)
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