Davao City – Davao City Mayor Inday Sara assured Dabawenyos who are advised to undergo quarantine due to Covid-19 they will automatically get food packs from the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), thus, there is no need to worry if they lost income while in lockdown.
“Automatic ang house lockdown ana, so automatic pud ang paghatod sa CSWDO sa mga grocery packs,” Mayor Sara said.
And, in response to some requests to included fresh produce in the food assistance, Mayor Sara has also instructed the City Veterinarian’s Office and City Agriculturist Office to prepare packs of fresh foods.
“Atoang gi-instruct sa atoang City Veterinarian’s Office ug City Agriculturist Office to prepare fresh food packs. Mao na ilahang gina-asikaso karon, naga-prepare sila og lockdown fresh food packs nga gulay ug meat,” she said.
The mayor also said that the city government contemplating issuing Executive Order for the employers to consider their employees who tested positive and required for isolation as ‘working from home’ and should still be paid.
“Dapat ang employee na mapasulod sa isolation tungod kay positive siya, considered na siya as work from home. So dapat with pay gihapon na sya. Dapat andam ang atoang mga employers nga maghatag og trabaho sa ilahang mga employees nga kung ugaling naay mag-positive sa ilahang employees unya kinahanglan ma-isolate. And able ang employee because asymptomatic dinha sa atoang TTMF and can work online, so dapat naa gihapon siyay deliverables sa iyang gina-trabahuan, considered as work from home na siya” Mayor Sara stressed.
She said that it will be beneficial for employers and business owners to support their employees to take the test to save their office or business from a possible lockdown.
Mayor Sara has recently set guidelines for the heightened surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI) through Executive Order No. 18, which includes surveillance swabbing in offices and establishments without implementing mandatory home quarantine post-swabbing.
Also, on April 6, Executive Order No. 20 was signed, requiring mandatory swabbing for F1, F2, and F3 contacts of a confirmed Covid case.
Mayor Sara clarified that F2 and F3 contacts will not be required to undergo quarantine in the facility while waiting for their result, only those who are F1 or close contacts of a Covid case.
“The only time na kuhaon mo [F2 and F3 for isolation] is kung mag positive mo. Sunduon sila and i-assign sila og facility nya 10 days sila didto.. After 10 days, 4 days home quarantine,” she said.
(City Information Office | Michael Manguhig, RPN DXKT Davao OIC)