The local government of Brooke’s Point, Palawan continues its efforts to fight against Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 and to prevent the possible spread of the virus in their locality.
During the interview with Mayor Mary Jean Feliciano through Palawan Daily’s “Chris ng Bayan” online radio program, the official said that as of the latest, their municipality recorded a total of eight confirmed cases where three remains to be active cases, including the 22 years old male Locally Stranded Individual who arrived last July 31 from Metro Manila.
“Nadagdagan nga po kami ng isa kaya ngayon ay tatlo uli ang aming positibo dito sa Brooke’s Point kasama ‘yung mag-asawa na puro mga LSI naman. Continuous din ang mga ginagawa namin at una na d’yan ‘yung pag-encourage namin sa kanila na magsuot ng face mask at iwasan ang paglabas sa bahay kung hindi naman importante. And ngayon po, dahil may bagong order na kailangan mag face shield, ipinatutupad narin po natin dito,” Mayor Feliciano said during the interview.
Feliciano also said that they are expecting to finish the renovations being conducted at the LGU’s newly-turned over evacuation center which was converted to be an additional quarantine facility.
“May ginagawa kaming isang quarantine facility na magagamit namin dito at i-equip din natin ito para kapag dumating nanaman ang ating mga LSI ay hindi na kami magho-hotel dahil talagang nagastusan kami ng husto nitong mga nakaraan. Binabayaran kasi natin ang mga lodging houses at isama mo pa ang pagkain and hindi rin naman unlimited ang resources ng LGU. Kaya dito, malaki talaga ang matitipid naming pag operational na ito and hopefully matapos s’ya next week or a week after dahil napalagyan narin s’ya ng water supply at electricity,” she added.
The facility will have at least 50 rooms with almost a dozen of comfort rooms to be used by the incoming LSIs and ROFs for their mandatory quarantine.
“Additional lang ito dahil may existing narin naman kaming quarantine facility pero kulang talaga sa dami ng umuuwing LSIs kaya napilitan kaming ilagay sila sa mga hotel at lodging houses. ‘Yung dati kasi or existing naming facility is nasa 50 lang din ang naha-house namin and ito, mga ganun din ang kaya,” the mayor told Palawan Daily News.
With regards to the manpower, Feliciano said that they have enough personnel to man the facility particularly the employees of Brooke’s Point LGU in order to save money.