Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio recommended the semi-closure of the borders of Davao Region to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The mayor disclosed in a live broadcast interview on Monday that she wrote a letter to the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) requesting for the partial closure of the region’s borders to travelers from outside Davao Region except those essential travelers.
“We wrote to RIATF about semi-closing Davao Region to travelers gikan sa gawas sa Davao Region. Ang atoang RIATF nag comment na sila sa mga local chief executives about it. Hopefully something will come out about it na ma-semi sarado ang atoang region except for those essential travelers,” the mayor said.
Mayor Sara is hopeful that with the partial closure of the borders this will further protect the people in Davao Region from exposing to people whose origins are from the areas with cases of new variant of Covid-19.
“Maglisod man gud ta ug sarado diri sa atoang syudad because of our exchange of people and businesses in our neighbors. So we elevated it sa RIATF because it is more sustainable kung region-wide kontra sa Davao City only,” she explained.
Mayor Sara added that the city and the local executives of the local government units (LGUs) in Davao Region already received a letter from RIATF consulting the recommendation of this inbound travelers restriction.
“Nakadawat nami ug letter gikan sa RIATF, they studied on it and we came up with a guide which they are asking everyone for comment and nakadawat pud ta ug request for comments,” she said.
She also said this has been the plan of the city government of Davao for Davao City.
“Kita sa Davao City nagsulat ta because gusto nato buhaton diri sa atoang syudad, unfortunately we cannot do it without causing chaos sa atoang mga silingan because as I said frequent ang exchange of people,” she said.
Presently, Task Force Davao has been securing the entry points of Davao City from travelers coming from the areas with high cases of Covid-19.
“Ang atoang checkpoints will screen sa mga tao nga gikan sa mga lugar nga taas ang Covid-19 cases so dili tanan lugar ang daghan ug kaso. Naga-interview pud ta ug katong mga taong nag landing sa airport,” she said.
Meanwhile, as of April 26, 2021, the Department of Health-Davao Center for Health Development reported 17 new cases of Covid-19 in Davao Region bringing the total number of active cases to 770.
Of these new cases, 11 are from Davao City, three are from Davao del Norte, two are from Davao del Sur, and one is from Davao Oriental.
There are two death cases reported and among these one is from Davao City and one is from Davao del Norte.
There are also 112 recoveries reported and among these, 64 are from Davao City, 31 are from Davao del Norte, 11 are from Davao de Oro, and six are from Davao Oriental.
