ILOILO City – Local authorities locked down a sitio (hamlet) in Barangay Hoskynin, Jordan, Guimaras for two weeks.
Town mayor Ruben Corpuz issued Executive Order (EO) No. 50 Series of 2020 enforcing stringent quarantine measure in Sitio Sambag.
As of Sept. 18, the sitio has three confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
“Upon the recommendation of the Municipal Health Team on the management of COVID-19 in Municipality of Jordan, it is deemed necessary that Sitio Sambag, Hoskyn should be put on lockdown” read part of Corpuz’s directive released on Sept. 18.
According to the mayor, the lockdown took effect around 12 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2020 until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 2.
Here’s the breakdown of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sitio Sambag.
* 41-year-old male (asymptomatic and quarantined at the Isolation Area of the Rural Health Unit).
* 76-year-old male (isolated at a quarantine facility in Jordan).
* 72-year-old male (recovered)
Under Corpuz’s EO, barriers/checkpoints in the boundaries of Sitio Sambag, Barangay Hoskyn were set up to ensure that there shall no inbound or outbound movement in the area.
The mayor also implement a liquor ban shall in the duration of the lockdown to secure that there will be no gatherings in the respective households and other related activities.
All residents are not allowed to go out from thier respective households and direct contact shall have undergo strict home quarantine for 14 days.
Meanwhile, frontliners such as health personnel and employees are allowed to leave and stay outside of the barangay in the duration of the lockdown, given that they are not identified as direct contact of the COVID-19 positive patients
As of Sept. 18, Jordan recorded 15 COVID-19 cases, two of which are active and 13 already recovered./PN
