Expect a general community quarantine (GCQ) status this December and maybe even beyond.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio made this pronouncement in a live broadcast on Friday when asked about the recommendation expected from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF-EID) for Emerging Infectious Diseases after November 30, 2020.
“Wala pa ko kabalo sa ilang recommendation. Pero as I said previously, mas maayo mag-expect na sila ug GCQ karong December and maybe beyond December,” she said.
Davao City was reverted to GCQ starting Nov. 20, 2020 until Nov. 30, 2020 due to the surge of COVID-19 cases. As of November 26, 2020 based on the latest Covid-19 report of the Department of Health (DOH), Davao City ranked fourth in the list of top areas with the highest newly-announced cases with 62. Caloocan City topped that list with 77, followed by Cavite 73, Laguna 73, and Quezon 60.
The city government of Davao has been limiting people’s movement by re-implementing Food and Medicine (FM) pass and the Safe Davao QR (DQR).
“Because kung daghan ang tao mugawas, mao na ang nakapataas sa cases and makapataas sa risk of transmission,” the mayor said.
She said it was discussed with the Davao TF Covid-19 to intensify information dissemination about Covid-19 to the coastal where there is low compliance of the health protocols.
“Naistoryahan sa Davao TF Covid-19, maghatag ta ug mask sa atong team leaders para ipanghatag sa mga barangay especially sa mga barangay na low ang compliance like sa looban and sa atong mga coastal barangays, gikan Bucana padulong Agdao. Kana ang atong target sa atong info dissemination sa atong health protocols sa Covid-19,” she said.
She also announced that William Gatchalian, Senator Win Gatchalian’s father, committed to donate mask and face shield, which will contribute to the city’s campaign against Covid-19.
“Very recently, ni-commit si sir William Gatchalian to give us mask and face shield. Very useful kay puwede ni iapil sa kampanya nato kay nagahatag tag face mask sa mga dalan. This commitment will contribute sa atong kampanya kay makahatag na pud ta ug face shiedls a mga tao sa kadalanan,” she said.
It can be recalled that the city government of Davao mass produced 10,000 locally-designed face masks to be used by commuters as protection from Covid-19) in March this year. The masks were distributed for free.
