Two Sitios in Kapangan Placed under Lockdown for Contact Tracing
Municipal Mayor Manny Fermin ordered lockdown over Sitio Poking, Labueg and Sub-sitio Saddle, Proper Pudong, Kapangan effective June 18, 2020 at 8:00 PM until further notice.
Sitio Poking, Labueg and Sub-sitio Saddle, Proper Pudong under lockdown for Contact Tracing
According to Executive Order No. 27- 2020 issued by the mayor, the said areas need to be placed under lockdown due to two (2) confirmed COVID-19 cases in La Trinidad who had close contact with relatives in the sitios mentioned.
Relative to the lockdown order, contact tracing and disinfection will be done to prevent the spread of the virus.
As per the contact tracing, the municipal’s Contact Tracing Team has been directed to work on identifying all contacts of the two cases recorded in COVID-19.
Furthermore, the local government requires all residents of the sitios to undergo a 14-day home quarantine and observe all prevention measures.
SOURCE: LGU-Kapangan
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