LAOAG CITY – Mayor Michael Keon here
extended the lockdown of Laoag City Public Market and Commercial Complex
effective Dec. 5 until further notice.
Laoag City recorded 159 active Covid-19 cases with 101 of them inmates of Ilocos Norte Provincial Jail as of Tuesday.
Some were market vendors and employees of City Hall and Capitol.
The City Health Office said that of the 236 total cases in Laoag, 77 recovered.
In an executive order, Keon said there was a need to extend the lockdown to complete contact tracing and expanded and targeted Covid-19 testing in the city.
The expanded targeted testing aims to cover 10 percent of the total population per barangay, including at least one representative per household, according to Dr. Norman Rabago, provincial consultant on Covid-19.
The lockdown of the Laoag City Public Market and Commercial Complex since December 1 could have ended but due to unfinished testing, it was extended indefinitely.
“We request the public to temporarily buy from talipapas (mini markets) nearest you while observing health protocols,” Keon said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the city government urged locally stranded individuals to reschedule their return to the city due to lack of quarantine facilities as of the moment.
While Laoag City is under indefinite localized modified enhanced community quarantine, home quarantine is not permitted under the guidelines.
Laoag City recorded 159 active Covid-19 cases with 101 of them inmates of Ilocos Norte Provincial Jail as of Tuesday.
Some were market vendors and employees of City Hall and Capitol.
The City Health Office said that of the 236 total cases in Laoag, 77 recovered.
In an executive order, Keon said there was a need to extend the lockdown to complete contact tracing and expanded and targeted Covid-19 testing in the city.
The expanded targeted testing aims to cover 10 percent of the total population per barangay, including at least one representative per household, according to Dr. Norman Rabago, provincial consultant on Covid-19.
The lockdown of the Laoag City Public Market and Commercial Complex since December 1 could have ended but due to unfinished testing, it was extended indefinitely.
“We request the public to temporarily buy from talipapas (mini markets) nearest you while observing health protocols,” Keon said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the city government urged locally stranded individuals to reschedule their return to the city due to lack of quarantine facilities as of the moment.
While Laoag City is under indefinite localized modified enhanced community quarantine, home quarantine is not permitted under the guidelines.
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