46 Pangasinan folks stranded at Tarlac border quarantined

By Liezle Basa Inigo

ROSALES, Pangasinan – Some 46 Pangasinenses stranded at the Regional Border Control Point in Tarlac-Rosales Boundary were allowed Thursday to enter the province after 14 days.

They were fetched by their respective local government units (LGUs), and municipal or city health offices.

They were taken to quarantine facilities where they will stay for 14 days.

Gov. Amado I. Espino III directed the Provincial Health Office to conduct mass testing for the stranded Pangasinenses.

While awaiting results, they were placed under quarantine in their respective municipal and city quarantine facilities.

The stranded Pangasinenses underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests using nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabbing on the same day they were allowed entry into the province.

Police at the border were still strictly implementing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) protocols.

Meanwhile, the provincial government distributed relief packs to all the Pangasinense allowed to re-enter the province.

Local government units are given 15 days to liquidate after pay out. (JDP/PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga)