CABANATUAN CITY – Four senior citizens aged 63 to 67 from different barangays here were among the 10 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bringing to 113 the active cases in this city as of Aug. 2, health officials reported on Wednesday.
The seniors, all male, came from Barangays Bangad, Barangay H. Concepcion, Kap. Pepe and Sangitan East. The youngest of the patients was 19.
Four patients, on the other hand, have recovered.
The latest tally brought to 3,115 the total number of cases in this bustling city from which 2,835 have fully recovered and 167 have died as of Aug. 2, 2021.
As this developed, Mayor Myca Elizabeth Vergara on Tuesday issued Executive Order No. 033-2021 which provides for stricter guidelines in preventing the further spread of Covid-19 in this city from Aug. 6-20,2021.
This city remains under the modified general community quarantine, the least among quarantine restrictions.
Under the guidelines, non-APOR (authorized people outside residence) individuals who will visit other villages shall have to coordinate with the head of the said place.
Non-APORs entering this city, meanwhile, have to use QR Code generated through the MyCabanatuan application, and present any valid identification card, medical clearance certificate issued by the city or municipal health office of their origin, negative result of an antigen, saliva or RT-PCR test conducted two days before the trip and Covid-19 vaccination card for fully vaccinated travelers.
Curfew hours shall be from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., except for APOR, pharmacies, 24-hour convenience stores, food delivery/ take out/drive through services, gasoline stations and funeral services, the EO provides.
All deaths within such period will be treated as Covid-19-related unless documents showed otherwise, it added.
Burial or cremation have to be made within 12 hours, no public viewing or funeral wake as well as embalming shall be allowed for suspect, probable and confirmed Covid-19 deaths, according to the EO.
It, however, allows a funeral wake of up to two days for non-Covid-19 deaths but only family members can attend.
The window hour to buy liquor shall be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at limited volume of four bottles or cans of beer or two bottles of wine or one bottle of hard liquor per individual per day. Drinking can only be done inside the house among people living in the same household and stops at the start of curfew hours, the measure also provides.
