DILG suspends
return of LSIs to region 8 from June 26 - July 9
Press Release
June 26, 2020
TACLOBAN CITY – The
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has stopped
the travel of Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) starting today,
June 26 until July 9, 2020 based on a joint resolution submitted by
the Regional Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging
Infectious Diseases (RIATF-MEID) and the Regional Task Force for
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (RTF COVID 19) to give time for local
government units to vacate and disinfect quarantine facilities for
returning residents.
According to DILG-8
Regional Director Karl Caesar R. Rimando, this came about after DILG
Secretary Eduardo M. Año and Task Force COVID-19 Chief Implementer
Carlito G. Galvez Jr. attended the Joint Meeting last June 24, 2020
in Palo, Leyte to investigate the sudden spike of the number of
confirmed positive patients.
During the meeting,
Provincial Governors and the invited mayors voiced their appeal for
a moratorium, citing that their facilities have been “overwhelmed”
with quarantined returning residents.
The DILG Secretary was
supportive of the sentiments of the top officials in Eastern Visayas,
and congratulated the regional and local officials for properly
managing COVID cases. They likewise turned over 4,000 PPEs and 8,000
N95 masks for distribution to health workers and front liners in the
region.
