By Susan C. Aro
KAPANGAN,
Benguet -- The local government here has engaged the religious sector in
influencing their flock to help in government’s campaign against Covid-19.
Mayor Manny Fermin, in an interview by Presidential Communications Operations Office Sec. Martin Andanar in the Laging Handa Network briefing, said first thing he did this year was meet with the religious sector based in this town.
He sought their help in informing their flocks about health protocols and Covid-19-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases(IATF) guidelines including what local government units are doing to combat the dreaded virus.
“Mga pari, mga pastor, sila ho yung katulong natin to implement these protocols and then to pray over for the municipality, the nation, everybody and the whole world,” Fermin said.
Recognizing the influence of the religious over their followers, the mayor added , “Sa lahat ng antas ng religion, it very is important for them to help us. Sila po ang tutulong na magbigay ng IEC sa ating mga kababayan na sana naman sundin ng lahat ."
This even as religious gatherings under the General Community Quarantine issued by the Benguet Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19 allows only up to 30 percent of the seating capacity.
Meanwhile, Fermin said measures imposed by the Kapangan LGU to strengthen the campaign against COVID 19 include imposition of curfew, scheduling trips of public vehicles, issuance of health declaration form for essential travel only, monitoring of limited mass gatherings, among others. – PIA Benguet
Mayor Manny Fermin, in an interview by Presidential Communications Operations Office Sec. Martin Andanar in the Laging Handa Network briefing, said first thing he did this year was meet with the religious sector based in this town.
He sought their help in informing their flocks about health protocols and Covid-19-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases(IATF) guidelines including what local government units are doing to combat the dreaded virus.
“Mga pari, mga pastor, sila ho yung katulong natin to implement these protocols and then to pray over for the municipality, the nation, everybody and the whole world,” Fermin said.
Recognizing the influence of the religious over their followers, the mayor added , “Sa lahat ng antas ng religion, it very is important for them to help us. Sila po ang tutulong na magbigay ng IEC sa ating mga kababayan na sana naman sundin ng lahat ."
This even as religious gatherings under the General Community Quarantine issued by the Benguet Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19 allows only up to 30 percent of the seating capacity.
Meanwhile, Fermin said measures imposed by the Kapangan LGU to strengthen the campaign against COVID 19 include imposition of curfew, scheduling trips of public vehicles, issuance of health declaration form for essential travel only, monitoring of limited mass gatherings, among others. – PIA Benguet
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