PAGADIAN CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte extended until the end of June the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status in the whole of Zamboanga Peninsula in Western Mindanao or Region 9.
The national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases recommended the extension of the MECQ in the region, according to Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque.
Region 9 comprises the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, including Pagadian City; Zamboanga del Norte and the cities of Dapitan and Dipolog; and Zamboanga City.
Zamboanga del Sur Governor Victor Yu urged the public to follow the health protocols and MECQ guidelines.
“Kung kita lang masunod gusto ko balik sa normal, nabati nako ang kalisod sa mga negosyante nga apektado niiining pandemya. Walay gobyerno nga maghimo og balaod nga iduot iyang constituents, gihimo ni aron protektahan atong katawhan.”
“Kay labaw sa tanan importante ang kinabuhi, dili pa masabtan sa uban unsa ka delikado ang virus pero simbako isa sa ilang pamilya matakdan diha na nila masabtan nganong kinahanglan nato sundon ang balaod,” he said.
Yu also signed an executive order on June 15 outlining the quarantine guidelines for the public to follow. He said the movement of all persons shall be limited to the following: APORs; Essential Travels only such as - a. Returning residents; b. Medical Emergency; c. Burial of Immediate Family member; d. Essential Appointment in a Govt Institution; e. Returning Overseas Filipinos; and f. Cargoes and Goods.
“The province of Zamboanga del Sur will now be identified as restricted under the S-PASS system. Thus, non-APORs who are returning residents must present travel coordination permit.
Pagadian City Mayor Sammy Co also issued a similar order and he prohibited the gatherings of civilians outside their houses, but allows gatherings that are essential for the provision of health services, government services or humanitarian activities authorized by the appropriate government agency or instrumentally shall be allowed up to 30% of the venue capacity, and provided further that minimum health and safety protocols shall be observed.
He said religious gatherings shall be allowed up to 30% only of the venue capacity and imposed curfew from 12 midnight to 4 a.m.
The Co administration also distributed relief goods for workers affected by the MECQ such as those from beauty salons and spas, barber shops, restaurants and eateries that were forced to closed down.
“Apektadong trabahante tungod sa MECQ, nahatagan og relief goods gikan sa Pagadian City Government - bugas, whole dressed chicken, hotdogs, canned goods ug noodles ang mga nadawat sa mga empleyado sa sektor sa salons, parlors, spas, barber shops, restaurants ug carenderia nga naserado atol sa pag deklara sa syudad sa MECQ. Mismo si Mayor Sammy Co kauban ang mga konsehal sa syudad nga gipangulohan ni Vice Mayor Mapi Obaob ang nag hatag sa maong relief goods.”
“Nanghinaot ang amahan sa syudad nga kining mga relief goods makahatag na kini og dakong tabang sa mga apektadong trabahante og naghanyo sa ilahang pagsabot sa gi-implementar na MECQ sa syudad. Gi-awhag ni Mayor Co ang tanang katawhan nga kanunay magsuot og face mask ug face shield og pag mintinar sa physical distance,” according to the local government’s social media page Asenso Pagadian.
In Zamboanga City, Mayor Beng Climaco advised residents to remain vigilant in the fight against Covid-19 by strictly complying with the MECQ guidelines and following the minimum public health standards.
Climaco renewed her appeal for the public to strictly follow the health protocols and urged residents to register online - zambocovax.com or at barangay health centers for free vaccination.
“We have requested for more vaccines because Zamboanga City has been identified as one of the priority areas of concern in the country. Take this opportunity because it will be an added layer of protection against Covid-19,” Climaco said.
She said the Department of Health (DOH) delivered some 31,500 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines and 28,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines on June 15 further boosting the local government’s mass vaccination program. “The Pfizer vaccines will be solely deployed to Zamboanga City and will cover the first and second doses of at least 17,500 people and the Sinovac will be distributed to the different municipalities and provinces in Zamboanga Peninsula,” the mayor said.
Climaco thanked Duterte and the IATF-MEID, including the DOH for prioritizing Zamboanga City in the allocation of vaccines. She previously asked the national government for more vaccines so that essential workers and uniformed personnel, including tricycle and jeepney drivers can also be inoculated and protected from Covid-19.
In her request to the IATF-MEID, Climaco said:
“Hinihiling po namin na masagawa na po ang pagbukas ng A4 priority category (sa
Zamboanga).” Climaco said the mass vaccination in Zamboanga City continues as
tens of thousands of people had received their Covid-19 jabs. (Mindanao
Examiner, Zamboanga Post)
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