Purok 2, Gibraltar placed under Provisional Lockdown

Mayor Benjamin Magalong has issued Memorandum No. 225, series of  2020 ordering the implementation of a provisional lockdown over Purok 2 of Barangay Gibraltar effective immediately until further notice for contact tracing purposes.

The provisional lockdown was ordered after the local COVID-19 Task Force was informed that one of the recent cases of COVID-19 in the City of Baguio is a resident of Barangay Gibraltar.

Guidelines for Areas Under Lockdown:

Here are the following guidelines, as stated in Memorandum No. 144, Series of 2020, Lockdown procedures for purposes of contact tracing, to be implemented in areas under lockdown for contact tracing purposes:

1. Upon confirmation of new and validated confirmed COVID 19 cases, the Office of the City Mayor shall issue a Memorandum ordering a lockdown over the barangay of residence of confirmed patients;
2. Within a period of 48 hours upon implementation of lockdown order, the Field Medical Officer and the pairing investigator shall recommend a scaling down of the secured areas, limited to the purok or street where the patient resides. (Secured area refers to the complete barangay or the purok/street monitored by checkpoint personnel.)
3. PNP Checkpoint personnel and assisting barangay officials shall immediately reassign checkpoints according to the recommendations of the Field Medical Officer and pairing investigator.
4. The Punong Barangay, with the conformity of the PNP Checkpoint personnel, shall immediately notify the City Mayor’s Office of checkpoint assignment.
5. A Memorandum lifting any lockdown Order shall be issued only upon the recommendation of the Contact Tracing Analysts Team

Source: PIO – City of Baguio