Published December 15, 2020, 1:32 PM
TACLOBAN CITY – The province of Leyte will not accept locally stranded individuals (LSIs) until the end of December, a report from the office of the Leyte provincial governor said on Tuesday.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” L. Petilla told the Manila Bulletin that the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (RIATF8) and the Regional Task Force on COVID-19 (RTF8), in Joint Resolution No. 42 dated November 25, 2020, approved the request of Leyte province for the moratorium on the return of LSIs to Leyte.
The resolution, signed by Dr. Director Exuperia Sabalberino, officer-in-charge of the DOH-8, Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion of the Office of Civil Defense, and Regional Director Karl Ceasar Rimando of the Department of Interior and Local Government, states: “It is hereby resolved to approve the request of the Province of Leyte for a moratorium on the entry of LSIs to the province from December 15 to December 31, 2020.”