CEBU CITY – Local Mayor Edgardo Labella has encouraged residents to stay calm while observing vigilance and avoid visiting crowded places, following the declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte placing the entire country under a state of a public health emergency.
Labella said Duterte asked for the mayors’ help in the national government’s effort to contain the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“The national task force formed to fight the coronavirus is in place. Of course, the mayors will be there in the matter of implementing the protocol established by the Department of Health,” he said.
He urged Cebuanos not to panic, but to religiously follow the advice from the Department of Health (DOH) on proper hygiene and sanitation, hand washing, as well as avoiding crowded places to prevent being infected with diseases such as the Covid-19.
The mayor said he has been monitoring the local situation through DOH-Central Visayas director Jaime Bernadas. Labella said he supports the idea of early closing of classes so that schoolchildren would be protected from the deadly disease.
He said the City Health Office has currently monitored zero patients in Cebu. “I thank the Department of Health and the Bureau of Quarantine for their heightened alert and surveillance in our airports. Lately, our seaports have been included in the monitoring and the Philippine Coast Guard is helping us,” he said.
With the active involvement of all government agencies in preventing the spread of the virus in Cebu, Labella said he is confident that the public health emergency will soon be lifted.
“Let’s just follow the protocol from DOH. Let’s continue with the level of vigilance that we have now in monitoring people from places worldwide that has been hit by Covid-19. Together with DOH and BOQ and the City Health Office, we are working together to address the problem,” he said. (John Rey Saavedra)
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Labella said Duterte asked for the mayors’ help in the national government’s effort to contain the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“The national task force formed to fight the coronavirus is in place. Of course, the mayors will be there in the matter of implementing the protocol established by the Department of Health,” he said.
He urged Cebuanos not to panic, but to religiously follow the advice from the Department of Health (DOH) on proper hygiene and sanitation, hand washing, as well as avoiding crowded places to prevent being infected with diseases such as the Covid-19.
The mayor said he has been monitoring the local situation through DOH-Central Visayas director Jaime Bernadas. Labella said he supports the idea of early closing of classes so that schoolchildren would be protected from the deadly disease.
He said the City Health Office has currently monitored zero patients in Cebu. “I thank the Department of Health and the Bureau of Quarantine for their heightened alert and surveillance in our airports. Lately, our seaports have been included in the monitoring and the Philippine Coast Guard is helping us,” he said.
With the active involvement of all government agencies in preventing the spread of the virus in Cebu, Labella said he is confident that the public health emergency will soon be lifted.
“Let’s just follow the protocol from DOH. Let’s continue with the level of vigilance that we have now in monitoring people from places worldwide that has been hit by Covid-19. Together with DOH and BOQ and the City Health Office, we are working together to address the problem,” he said. (John Rey Saavedra)
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