EFFECTIVE January 2022, the Municipal Government of Don Salvador Benedicto will be implementing stricter protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Mayor Marxlene Dela Cruz is set to issue an executive order banning the entry of unvaccinated vendors in its seven public markets.
Dela Cruz said they will enclose the markets and implement a "one entrance, one exit policy.”
"It’s unfair that those who are unvaccinated are getting the same privileges as those who are vaccinated," he said.
"I have to implement what needs to be implemented as it is for the good of everyone, especially to protect them from the highly infectious Covid-19," Dela Cruz also said.
Meanwhile, the mayor will not renew the contracts of job order employees who are unvaccinated.
About 98 percent of government employees are vaccinated and they currently have no active Covid-19 cases.
"We remain vigilant because the virus is still there," Dela Cruz said.
He added the municipal government will sweep all barangays in the town through an intensified vaccination campaign.
The mayor said his town still has many far-flung areas that need to be reached for the vaccination.
"We will start barangay to barangay, then sitio to sitio, house to house and if needed room to room," Dela Cruz said.