THE CITY government extended the lockdown of its borders and implementation of movement restrictions for local residents to another 14 days effective Monday amid the increasing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) local transmission.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera issued the directive through an executive order (EO) that placed anew the area under general community quarantine as recommended by the city’s Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases.
He said they sustained the rollout of strict control measures to complement with continuing massive contact-tracing and containment activities in communities with confirmed cases of the disease.
The mayor cited the total closure of the city’s highway borders to non-essential travel and the required negative Covid-19 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for authorized essential and front-line workers coming from areas with “alarming cases of local transmission.”
He said the border lockdown, which suspended public transportation routes into the city since Aug. 28, will run until midnight of Sept. 27.
Under EO No. 45, Rivera said the enforcement of the number coding scheme for vehicles, clustering of barangays and market days, use of quick response or QR-coded enhanced quarantine pass, total lockdown every Sunday, regulated mass gatherings, suspension of face-to-face classes, and curfew from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. would continue.
“We will continue to limit person-to-person contact within the city to break the chain of Covid-19 infection,” he said in a briefing.
He reiterated that only one person should go out of their homes at one time to access food and other essential supplies.
The transport of deceased persons from outside the city is prohibited and wakes are limited to three days, subject to strict compliance to health protocols like the wearing of face mask and face shield, and the observance of safe physical distancing, he said.
As of Monday morning, the confirmed Covid-19 cases in the city already reached a total of 182, with seven deaths and 57 recoveries.
Nineteen of the 118 active infections were only recorded over the weekend, with at least 12 linked to confirmed cases, six still under investigation while one involved a returning locally stranded individual.
A report released on Monday by the City Health Office said 63 of the patients were either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms and currently staying in isolation centers while 55 are admitted to local hospitals.
A total of 879 persons, a number of whom were identified close contacts of Covid-19 patients, are under close observation in temporary quarantine and isolation facilities in 11 barangays.
Since March, CHO said it already conducted a total of 954 tests, with 182 turning out positive for Covid-19 or a positivity rate of 19 percent. (By Richelyn Gubalani)
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