ALL INLAND water resorts, including beach resorts remain closed to the public until end of the month in an effort to discourage the gathering of people following a spike in Covid-19 cases in Zamboanga City.
Mayor Beng Climaco, head of the local Covid-19 task force, has ordered the temporary closure of all beach resorts, inland water resorts, and hotels and establishments with swimming pools to prevent the further spread of the deadly respiratory virus.
The active Covid-19 cases in Zamboanga is now over 400.
Climaco also ordered security forces to regularly inspect hotels with swimming pools and beach resorts to ensure establishment owners strictly follow the guidelines and the strict health protocols.
Those found violating Climaco’s order shall be penalized with a minimum fine of P5,000 and their business permits revoked and their establishments closed down by the Zamboanga City Inter-Agency Compliance Team upon the recommendation of the local Covid-19 task force.
And on the other hand, all persons caught partying or inside beach resorts or other similar establishments with swimming pools shall be penalized with a fine of P1,500.
Climaco has previously asked the national government’s Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to place Zamboanga City under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) until end of April to control the movement of people and the spread of the disease.
But the IATF-MEID did not approve the mayor’s appeal for a still unknown reason and Zamboanga City remains under Moderate General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) despite the steady spike in Covid-19.
Zamboanga City was first placed under GCQ from May 16 to June 30, 2020 and for the second time in July 16 to August 15.
Climaco said the unabated rise in the number of Covid-19 cases could overwhelm the local health care system as it was during the start of the pandemic in March last year.
“We appeal to the public to strictly comply with Covid-19 protocols to prevent the possibility of lockdown. We need to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed or operate in full capacity just like what is happening now in the National Capital Region and other areas in Luzon, and prevent medical frontliners affected by Covid-19,” the mayor said.
“The City Government together with the security and health frontliners down to the barangays have been working tirelessly to avert an exponential surge in Covid-19 cases. Coopera contra Covid. Avoid unnecessary travel and social gathering, drinking and eating in public. Always wear your face mask and face shield and frequently sanitize hands,” she added. (Zamboanga Post)
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