Some Western Visayas LGUs Temporarily Halt Entry Of Returning Residents
WESTERN VISAYAS – Three LGUs in Western Visayas have temporarily restricted the entry of returning residents and repatriated OFWs.
The Department of Interior and Local Government said that this was in order to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the said areas, according to a report from ABS-CBN News.
The local government units of Negros Occidental province, Bacolod City, and Iloilo City aimed for a 14-day ban on locally stranded individuals (LSIs) due to the reason that their health facilities are almost full, according to interior department Region 6 director Juan Jovian Ingeniero.
The delays in the swab test results needed to release those who were quarantined; as well as an increase of residents with the respiratory disease were tha main factors of congestion of isolation facilities, Ingeniero said.
Ingenieto also said that LGUs also wanted to take a break for exhausted medical frontliners.
“Tinitingnan talaga nila ang general welfare ng kanilang constituents na iyong lessons learned na nangyari sa ibang cities, tulad ng Cebu at iyong nangyayari sa National Capital Region, ayaw nilang mangyari sa Region 6. Naging proactive sila na alam nila ang pagkukulang nila,”
Based on the report, the LSI ban on Regioin VI (Western Visayas), which is expected to last until the 21st of August, has left hundreds of people stranded in Metro Manila, according to Philippine Ports Authority General Manager Jay Santiago.
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