COVID19 Surge Prompts Two-week Lockdown In Tinglayan, Kalinga

BAGUIO CITY (December 7, 2020) — Tinglayan town in Kalinga was placed under lockdown for two weeks until December 21.

Tinglayan Mayor Sacrament Gumilab via an executive order on Sunday placed the entire town under community quarantine after a COVID19 surge in barangays Bangad, Lower Bangad,  Centro Bangad and Upper Bangad.   The mayor also noted an increase of cases in Barangay Poblacion.

Gumilab also noted that even key officials and employees of the Tinglayan Local Government Unit (LGU) were hit by the virus.

Tinglayan has already a total of 98 cases since November 16, 2020 and is continuously increasing in a very fast rate.

Mayor Gumilab said the lockdown is meant “to prevent, contain and eliminate the continues spread of Covid-19 in the municipality and in order to give unhampered movements of contact tracing.”

During the total lockdown, no person is allowed entrance in the town except those in transit in the national highway.  Local Stranded Individuals (LSIs) or returning villagers are also not allowed to enter yet as the town’s isolation units are already full of COVIE19 positive patients including their primary and secondary contacts.

Movements of the residents are restricted in their respective barangays while observing minimum health protocols.  They are also being strongly urged to remain in their homes at all times except when they access basic needs and medication within their barangay. Only residents who need to go for medical attention or aid are allowed to go outside the town provided they are determined and recorded by their barangay’s personnel.

The officials of the barangay LGUs of Tinglayan are obliged to arrange for the acquisition and delivery of basic supplies and needs of their constituents.  Each barangay is entitled to authorize one vehicle for the transportation of basic needs and supplies. Private vehicles with essential businesses however are allowed to travel provided they secure barangay permits.

Artemio A. Dumlao

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