TUGUEGARAO CITY––The town hall of Allacapan in Cagayan province was placed on lockdown for 10 days after 27 of its employees tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday, Aug. 19.
In a statement, Mayor Harry Florida said he had ordered the employees, except those in the health service and rescue operations, to work from home.
Allacapan’s active COVID-19 cases rose to 95 as of Thursday, and most of these are in Centro West and Cataratan villages.
Curfew from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. has been imposed on Centro West to avoid a virus outbreak.
Checkpoints and monitoring stations were also installed in the key areas of Centro West. INQ
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