City village in La Union under ECQ to control rise in COVID-19 cases

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Dec. 2 (PIA) -- Due to the increasing number of residents infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Barangay Pagdalagan in this city is placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) for 14 days.

 

Eden Sicat, head of the Information Dissemination Section of the city government, said the imposed ECQ in Barangay Pagdalagan is effective from 12 midnight of Dec. 2 to 11:59 p.m. of Dec. 16.

 

“Karamihan ng mga bagong positibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa lungsod ay naitala sa Barangay Pagdalagan kung kaya isasailalim ang nasabing barangay sa ECQ alinsunod sa Executive Order No. 149-2020 na napirmahan kaninang umaga ni City Mayor Hermenegildo Gualberto,” Sicat said in a media briefing on Tuesday.

 

The said Order was based from a resolution from the City Inter-Agency Task Force and recommendation from the City Health Office after the village has recorded nine COVID-19 active cases and one fatality.

 

Eden Sicat, head of the Information Dissemination Section of the city government of San Fernando, informs the media of the prevalent issues on COVID-19 in the city such as the spike in the number of cases particularly in Barangay Pagdalagan and the necessary measures that the city government shall be implementing in the containment of the virus. (JPD) 

 

She said the City Incident Management Team has also been activated to ensure the proper and strict implementation of ECQ guidelines in the said village.

 

“May close coordination po ang city government sa barangay officials ng Pagdalagan pati na din po ang ibang peacekeeping forces sa karatig-barangay,” she said.

 

She added that the city police shall mainly man the quarantine border checkpoints.

 

Under ECQ, all residents and non-residents as well as establishments located within Barangay Pagdalagan shall have restricted movements.

 

As such, the City Social Welfare and Development Office and General Services Office shall lead in the distribution of relief goods to all 1,368 households in Pagdalagan.

 

“Ang bawat relief pack ay naglalaman ng 10 kilong bigas, canned goods, mga gulay, at hygiene kits na sapat sa kanilang pangagailangan sa 14 na araw,” Sicat said.

 

She added: “Patuloy na pinagtutuunan ng pansin ng city government ang banta ng COVID-19. Hindi namin pababayaan ang mga mamamayan sa laban na ito. Siniguro ng city government na walang maiiwan sa hamon ng COVID-19.”

 

Meanwhile, part of the containment strategies in Pagdalagan village is the conduct of target testing in Purok 1, 2, 6 at 7 where clustering of cases occurred.

 

“Ipinapamadali na rin ni Mayor Dong ang pagbili ng karagdagang 5,000 test kits,” she said.

 

Meanwhile, Cauayan, Isabela Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy said mass testing was conducted in their area at the local level and later on an aggressive community testing for three days.

 

Cauayan, Isabela Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy gives updates on COVID-19 status and other relevant information about their locality in an interview with Communications Secretary Martin Andar. (JPD) 

 

 

“Out of 870, we got 611 results and out of the 611, only 12 tested positive or about 1.96 percent,” Dy said in the Network Briefing episode on Tuesday.

 

The Department of Health earlier reported an increase in efforts done nationwide in terms of COVID-19 tests as the country ramps up its fight against the virus. (JCR/JPD, PIA La Union)

 

 

 

Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)