ANTIQUE – The provincial government asked the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to lower the province’s quarantine level.
Antique is currently under general community quarantine (GCQ).
The provincial government’s request for a modified GCQ was favorably endorsed by the Western Visayas Regional Task Force on COVID-19 and the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) on COVID-19.
According to the Antique Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force, COVID-19 cases in the province have dropped.
Between Oct. 1 to 20, Antique recorded 199 COVID-19 cases.
Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 also endorsed the Antique provincial government’s request, saying the province is now a “low risk” area, according to Cindy Ferrer, spokesperson of the Western Visayas Regional Task Force on COVID-19.
But even if the request for a modified GCQ is approved, Antiqueños should continue to observe the minimum public health standards, said Ferrer, citing the advice of DOH Region 6 director Adriano Suba-an.
“It doesn’t mean nga mag-relax na,” Ferrer stressed, “para ma-avoid ang spike sang cases.”
As of Oct. 20, Antique had 171 active COVID-19 cases, 5,563 cases that recovered and 278 cases that died.
The active cases were in the towns of Hamtic (33), Anini-y (22), San Jose (15), Sibalom (15), Tobias Fornier (14), Culasi (12), Bugasong (nine), Patnongon (nine), San Remigio (eight), Belison (seven), Tibiao (six), Caluya (five), Barbaza (four), Laua-an (four), Libertad (four), Valderrama (three), and Pandan (one)./PN
