Stranded baguio residents return starts on May 21

May 17, 2020 Metro BLISTT

BAGUIO CITY (May 15, 2020) — Stranded residents outside Baguio can start returning to the city on May 21.

With the creation of the Returning Baguio Residents Task Force (RBRTF), Baguio City will soon allow the entry of its residents stranded in other provinces and cities, though procedures have been drawn as a preventive measure and to guarantee the viability and sustainability of health facilities in the City.

Returning Baguio Residents (RBR) can now start to register online registration by filling–out a Health Declaration Form (HDF) at http://hdf.baguio.gov.ph/.

This procedure will ensure a paperless transaction which will increase the efficiency of processing RBR applications. RBRs will also be required to upload scanned copies of the following supporting documents like: Identification Card/Passport; Travel Clearance from the Mayor’s Office of Point of Origin; and if available, they present a Certificate from the Provincial Health Office/City Health Office/Municipal Health Office/Local Health Office stating that the driver and passenger/s are healthy and fit to travel, area of origin is Covid-19 free, and have completed the 14-day Mandatory 14-Day Home Quarantine from Origin.

The Baguio City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) will validate the correctness of the information and authenticity of documents submitted by the applicant RBR.

If the RBR’s application is approved, the CDRRMO will schedule the RBR’s date of travel to Baguio City and inform the applicant. RBRs travelling together with family members will not be separated.

CDRRMO will also provide a list of the names of approved RBR applicants to the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) to ascertain that checkpoints will allow these RBRs to enter Baguio City as scheduled.

When the RBR arrives, he/they will undergo Triage and will either be quarantined in a holding facility, or home quarantined and monitored by the concerned Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTS).

Provided all necessary requirements are complied with, the City will prioritize RBRs who will travel to the city using their own private vehicles. Pending the lifting of travel restrictions on public transportation, the city government encourages RBRs to secure their own transportation going up to Baguio.

The RBRTF is headed by Engr. Philip L. Puzon, Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Mayor and composed of representatives from the Management Information Technology Division (MITD), BCPO, CDRRMO, and City Health Officers from the Health Services Office (HSO) including medical doctors from the City’s sixteen (16) District Health Centers.

Artemio A. Dumlao/ABN