LAMUT,
Ifugao -- The plan to bring home students and ‘no work, no pay’ workers
stranded in and outside the province after the end of the enhanced
community quarantine on April 30 is postponed indefinitely
with the province recording its first COVID-19 case last April
25.
Governor
Jerry Dalipog issued on April 25 an official statement informing
that a 65 year old man from Lamut tested positive of COVID-19
, and that the provincial government is initiating measures
such as contact tracing, disinfection, COVID testing , among
others.
In view of
this development, Dalipog stated that “ the plan and intention of
bringing home our stranded kabobleyans from outside and within the
Province, is now indefinitely suspended pending the improvement of the
situation.”
He
assured that the provincial government in coordination with municipal local
governments and the Office of the Congressman will extend
assistance to those stranded due to the ECQ.
As of April
25, the Haggiyo Incident Command Center received and listed more than
3,000 stranded Ifugaos consisting of students and displaced workers.
The
provincial government through the Provincial COVID-19 Task Force has
already provided 1,833 with financial and relief assistance. The
remaining individuals will be validated through various means for possible
assistance.
In the
meantime, Dalipog reiterated to the public to continue with preventive
measures like frequent handwashing, social distancing, wearing of facemasks
outside of residences and practicing proper cough etequitte.
Meanwhile,
Lamut Mayor Mariano Buyagawan, Jr. immediately mandated all barangay officials
to establish their respective barangay checkpoints and to inform their
constituents to stay at home and wear face mask. (JDP/PIA CAR, Ifugao)
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