City Shuts Doors From Non-essential Travellers

March 29, 2020 Metro BLISTT

BAGUIO CITY (March 27, 2020) – Baguio City will no longer allow entry of non-essential travellers, including stranded residents from other provinces except Benguet starting Saturday.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Friday issued the order to prevent the spread of the COVID19.
The ban will be effective for the next two weeks and will not include deliveries of food, medicines and other essential items.
It is noted that most of the city’s confirmed cases originate from persons with history of travels to infected areas.
“We are escalating our ECQ status and will no longer allow Baguio residents who are stranded in other provinces (except Benguet) to enter the City in the next two weeks.”
Magalong said he learned from health officials that Baguio City has no local transmission. With this information, an opportunity is present to fast track our healing process by closing our borders in the next two weeks to non essential travels except food and other essential item deliveries and cargoes, he declared. “I ask for your cooperation and understanding.”
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