This Week in Northern Luzon (May 8 to 14, 2021)

The Public Information Office of Baguio City released an advisory for its new transportation scheme for the month of May while under GCQ. The Baguio City Number Coding Scheme will be in effect and will apply to all private vehicles and motorcycles travelling within the city. Below are the following number codes and the corresponding day when they’re prohibited:

• 1 - 2 - Monday

• 3 - 4 - Tuesday

• 5 - 6 - Wednesday

• 7 - 8 - Thursday

• 9 - 0 - Friday

The following people are exempted from the ordinance:

• Health workers, medical workers, and members of the Baguio City Contact Tracing Team

• Uniformed personnel of the AFP, PNP, BFP, PCG, BJMP, and BUCOR

• Service providers in emergency and disaster management

• Utility services for water, electricity, telecommunications, and waste management

• People authorized by the local COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force

• All public utility vehicles

The “no face mask and face shield, no ride” policy will be strictly implemented. Both passengers and public utility jeepney drivers are required to wear face shields and face masks for the entire duration of their trip. There should be plastic barriers between the driver and the front passenger and the barrier must completely enclose the driver. Taxis may operate from 6:00 AM to 6:00 AM the following day. Special taxis may be contacted through taxi-hailing applications. [1]

Benguet General Hospital (BeGH) received additional RT-PCR machines from Benguet Caretaker Congressman and Anti-Crime and Terrorism through Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Party-list Rep Eric Yap. The original RT-PCR machine is set to be repaired to avoid any more backlogs in the tests.

This donation aims to help make BeGH fully operational to decongest Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center’s molecular laboratory. The facility will also conduct test specimens from other parts of Cordillera. [2]

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