CORONAVIRUS has succeeded in slowing down people's movement, apparently risking the economic well-being of a community and its businesses.

With the placing of Bacolod City under community quarantine and the closure of territorial boundaries and entry points in the Province of Negros Occidental, a lot of economic activities are certainly affected.

The disruption, although necessary, will boil down to economics -- how it will impact the lowly employee up to the income of big businesses and industries that relied on the port operation.

The Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation (Bredco) port has complied with the directive of the local and provincial governments that conformed with the direction of the national government insofar as restricting Covid-19 from entering the local and provincial territories and worse, infecting the people who are susceptible to the virus especially those who already have health conditions with weak immune system.

Bredco port manager Josephine Solis said they have complied with the directive of the government insofar as its passenger vessel operations are concerned effective March 15 up to April 14, 2020.

Such compliance has its advantages and disadvantages as well. But as a well-meaning business entity, they cannot risk public health or the welfare of the majority.

But measures are being undertaken to minimize the impact of the suspension of some of the business operations of Bredco port.

Better safe than sorry. All these will come to normalcy once obedience and cooperation are shown by everyone to our authorities who hold the expertise in assessing and responding accordingly to this kind of emergency situation.