BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya –– The town hall and health offices here were placed on lockdown on Monday after some workers were exposed to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient, who later died.
Mayor Ralph Lantion also suspended the operations of these offices, heeding the recommendation of local health officials.
The COVID-19 patient, a 62-year-old woman, was the town’s fourth fatality related to the disease.
Nueva Vizcaya now has 52 active COVID-19 cases, government data showed.
Despite the rising COVID-19 cases and deaths in the province, Gov. Carlos Padilla said they would not return to a stricter modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).
“The reclassification of the quarantine status for the province from modified general community quarantine to MECQ is just one of the proposals being considered by the executive committee of the Provincial COVID-19 Task Group. However, it was held in abeyance for the meantime,” Padilla said.