Trinidad, Tuba villages with Covid cases closed

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two Benguet mayors placed a barangay each in their towns on lockdown due to new Covid-19 cases last week. 

La Trinidad Mayor Romeo Salda issued Executive Order 038-2020 placing  a portion of Sitio Botiwtiw in  Barangay Balili under Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine starting June 6 until further notice with the newest case in the municipality.

This will allow authorities to conduct precautionary measures such as disinfection and sanitation and the area and other needed protocols to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in other areas

During the EECQ, residents are not allowed to go out of their homes even on an errand for essential goods.

Stores and other establishments within the area will not be allowed to open.

Checkpoints will also be established at strategic areas within the sitio.

The 22-year-old patient is the  only current case of this capital town with the  nine earlier cases already recovered.

In Tuba town, Mayor Clarita Sal-ongan urged local folks to strictly follow COVID-19 precautionary measures and health protocols as the town recorded its first COVID-19 confirmed case.

Sal-ongan  said  Tuba Municipal Health Officer Dr. Lorigrace Austria reported  last week a 44-year old male tested positive of the COVID-19 based on the swab test result from the  Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center  testing laboratory.

The patient is a vegetable truck driver with travel history in various areas in Metro Manila and Bulacan.   

He is now admitted at the Benguet General Hospital and in stable condition.

 As prompt response to contain and prevent the possible spread of the virus, Sal-ongan placed Sitio Bangcua in Poblacion under total lockdown until further notice while the Municipal Health Office is conducting thorough contact tracing.

She said the municipal government is doing the best it could to prevent and contain the disease, which would only be possible with the full cooperation of the residents. -- PIA Benguet