TACLOBAN City Mayor Alfred Romualdez has provided a hotel as an isolation facility for 18 health workers from Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) who have tested positive for coronavirus on June 16, 2020.
"Ang habol ko dito is Tacloban and our immediate concerns here in the city," said Romualdez during his meeting with the Tacloban City's Task Force for Covid-19.
"Kargo natin yan kasi residents yan ng Tacloban. Protect Taclobanons and Tacloban itself from the spread. Use all the resources of the government. Prioritize health workers who tested positive. Test families today," the mayor added.
In a statement, the City Government said it has maintained another hotel as a quarantine facility for its medical frontliners from the City Health Office, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, and Tacloban City Hospital.
It has also rented another separate hotel and utilized two other evacuation centers as quarantine facilities for returning locally stranded individuals with no capacity for home quarantine, according to the City Information Office.
"Tacloban City LGU has been maintaining four Covid-19 Quarantine and Isolation Facilities since April and May of 2020 and one this June 2020 as a result of regular meetings with Mayor Alfred Romualdez and the Covid-19 Task Force on protecting the health and welfare of Tacloban and Taclobanons," the City Government said.
Meanwhile, a portion of Barangay 84, San Jose in the city will be under a 48-hour lockdown starting Friday evening, June 19.
Only the frontliners are allowed to go outside their residence, according to an advisory released by Barangay 84.
On Friday, Tacloban recorded another four new cases of Covid-19. (SunStar Philippines)