Provincial Spokesman Sim Castrence announced this morning that Governor Francisco Matugas said that the executive order is now carefully reviewed before the local government of Surigao del Norte will implement this closure.
The local chief executive also noted the reopening of Langihan Public Market in Butuan City which was reportedly had a local transmission.
But negative RT-PCR result and negative Rapid Antibody-based Test will still be required including the mandatory quarantine of 14 days. LSIs and ROFs are exempted of the testing fee.
Residents of Dinagat Islands entering Surigao del Norte are required for work home or self quarantine if doing business or working in Surigao City. The island province now having 8 positive active cases of CoViD-19. (RPN DXKS Surigao)