Mayor Romeo Salda ordered placing La Trinidad, Benguet under Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) starting today, March 30, 2020 until tomorrow after two individuals from the municipality tested positive with COVID-19.
The two persons who tested positive for the disease have been around La Trinidad, visiting several establishments before the results of their COVID-19 test came out based on the initial contact tracing conducted by the Municipal Health Service Office (MHSO).
All the essential establishments visited by the close contacts of the COVID-19 patients will be closed for disinfection and refilling of stocks.
Sari-sari stores and water refilling stations will remain open from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM only during the ECCQ.
Reasons why LTVP will be temporarily closed:
All checkpoints will be closed except for the national highway’s stretch of road from Shilan to Km. 3.
Officials who will attend the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force meeting are exempted from the ECCQ.
All vehicles carrying vegetables with food lane passes issued by the Department of Agriculture (DA) may traverse the national road.
During the 2-day ECCQ, travel passes will not be issued.
The following are allowed to travel via the national road:
Administrative work at the municipality and barangays will be suspended during the ECCQ except for the skeletal workforce.
There will be no collection of garbage on March 30-31,2020.
Source: La Trinidad LGU
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