THE PROVINCIAL government of La Union has recorded 17 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections from the towns of Aringay, Balaoan, Bauang, Caba, and San Juan, and San Fernando City.
In a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday, Governor Emmanuel Ortega III said the new cases are a 14-year-old boy from Aringay; a 56-year-old man from Balaoan; a 40-year-old woman from Bauang; six women and two men from Caba, aged 25 years to 64 years; four women and one man from this city, aged 30 years to 60 years; and a 30-year-old man from San Juan.
“All are encouraged to comply and cooperate with your local governments to ensure the smooth conduct of necessary protocols,” Ortega said.
Through Executive Order (EO) 37 issued on Thursday, Caba Mayor Philip Caesar Crispino declared under heightened community quarantine Barangay Bautista, Sitio Centro of Barangay Gana, Sector 2 of Barangay Poblacion Sur, Sitio Centro of Barangay Sobredillo, Sitio 3 of Barangay Santiago Sur, Sitio Centro of Barangay San Cornelio, and Sector 7 of Barangay Poblacion Norte where the new patients reside.
“All households will be placed under strict monitoring and are ordered to stay inside their homes. All residents shall observe public health protocols and obey pertinent orders of the municipality to ensure successful containment of the virus,” the EO read.
Meanwhile, San Fernando City Mayor Alfredo Pablo Ortega has identified critical zones in the barangays where the new patients reside and placed them under heightened community quarantine for 72 hours or until further notice.
All households were mandated to stay inside their homes as they would be strictly monitored.
Ortega said the patients in the city are asymptomatic.
As of Thursday, La Union has 46 cases, four of them are in hospitals, 19 have been discharged, 17 are under strict home quarantine, and six have died. (By Hilda Austria)
