THE Municipality of Jose Abad Santos (JAS) in Davao Occidental will implement the "Sunday lockdown" starting August 29.
Municipal Mayor Jason Joyce issued Executive Order 21-014, Series of 2021, declaring Sunday as border lockdown within the area from 12 a.m. of August 22 until further amended.
Joyce said the municipality is experiencing a surge of Covid-19 cases "due to the easing of restrictions of movements of people within the municipality."
"There is a need to control the Covid-19 cases in Jose Abad Santos because of the full occupancy of the Covid-19 beds in the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), the Covid[-19] referral hospital of Davao Occidental," the mayor said in the EO.
He said the border control lockdown will curb the surge of cases.
"In order to curb the surge of Covid-19 cases and to avert the spread of the virus in the municipality of Jose Abad Santos, the municipality deems it proper to curtail the movement of people in going in and out of the municipality by ordering and enforcing border lockdown in Mangile and Kitayo checkpoint every Sunday," Joyce said.
The border lockdown is in line with the "No Movement Sunday" issuances of Executive Order 7 series of 2021 of Sta. Maria, Municipal Ordinance 5 of Malita, and Executive Order 52-B of Don Marcelino.
According to the Davao Occidental Provincial Health Office as of August 23, JAS has a total of 185 cases, wherein 56 are active cases.
The entire province, meanwhile, has a total of 1,666 cases, wherein 483 are active cases.
The entire Davao Occidental, except Sta. Maria is currently under general community quarantine with heightened restriction until August 31. Sta. Maria is under enhanced community quarantine until the end of the month.