City government of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
IGACOS is part of Davao del Norte province which is currently under General Community Quarantine until February 28. Under the IATF’s Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines, establishments in tourism industries are not allowed to operate.
However, in a phone interview, Information Officer Michael Anthony Homez said the local government received the reply of the IATF on February 19 allowing resorts to operate for tourism.
“We wrote the IATF in the second week of January to allow tourism to operate but it was denied. We wrote to them again and fortunately last week they replied,” he said.
With the country's new quarantine status imposed for the month of February, the government has ordered a strict enforcement of health measures and scaling up of local healthcare systems to help stem the spread of the coronavirus disease.
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+ January 26, 2021 ADJUSTMENTS to the newly amended national guidelines on community quarantine and preparations for the mass vaccination program were discussed during the 3rd virtual meeting of the Bacolod City Covid-19 Vaccination (CoVac) Council Sunday, January 24, 2021.
Presided by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, the virtual dialogue heavily touched on the latest amendments to the National Inter-Agency Task Force’s (NIATF) Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines.
Bacolod City has been placed under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) for several months now. MGCQ is considered the lowest community quarantine status as per NIATF guidelines.
Section 5 (3) of the amended Omnibus Guidelines provides that for areas placed under MGCQ, “[a]ny person below ten (10) years old, those who are over sixty-five (65) years of age and above, those with immunodeficiency, comorbidity, or other health risks, and pregnant