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• Initial actions done by LGU-Taytay, Palawan if local transmission will occur.
• INTERVENTIONS OF LGU-TAYTAY, PALAWANTO CONTAIN COVID-19: CASE STUDY
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• PCPT ANTONIETA C ABILLONAR, PCPT ARTEMIO B. ARDAMA, PCPT JOHNNY Y BALTAN, PCPT FERDINAND C BEA, PCPT ARNEL M CRUZ PCPT ARIEL DEL ROSARIO, PCPT LE VONN A MADALANG, PCPT HERSON U MANEGDEG, PCPT HEHERSON M ZAMBALE
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The quick and widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caught most countries off guard. From the initial dismissive attitude of many countries and localities and then suddenly to a panic reaction upon realizing that this disease must be taken seriously, almost all countries with COVID-19 cases implemented lockdown with varying degrees of severity. One of the first countries to implement large scale lockdown is the Philippines. What was initially an different attitude towards the disease became a national dilemma when President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Proclamation NO. 929 placing the entire Luzon under Enhanced Community Quarantines (ECQ) on March 16, 2020. However, one of the biggest surprises was the inclusion of Palawan to the ECQ, at a time when there was zero case of COVID-19 in the province.
What was supposed to be a great season for tourism business proved to be nightmare for Palawan municipal local government units (LGUs), who scrambled to evacuate their tourist and repatriate their stranded constituents outside the province. This was very evident for northern Palawan municipalities, which are considered as among the country’s premier destination. One of the municipalities that was significantly affected by this pandemic is Taytay, a quaint and rustic municipality that straddles the area between two major tourism areas in Palawan, the towns of El Nido and San Vincente (Figure 1).
As the first capital of Palawan and aptly nicknamed “The Star of the North” or Strella del Norte, Taytay is a first-class municipality. An emerging tourism gem, it has 31 barangays, eight of which are situated on island. With a population of a little over 80,000 scattered across more than 129,000 hectares of land area, management of entry and exit of people wants to cross the town’s borders during the quarantine is a logistics nightmare.
The quick and widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caught most countries off guard. From the initial dismissive attitude of many countries and localities and then suddenly to a panic reaction upon realizing that this disease must be taken seriously, almost all countries with COVID-19 cases implemented lockdown with varying degrees of severity. One of the first countries to implement large scale lockdown is the Philippines. What was initially an different attitude towards the disease became a national dilemma when President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Proclamation NO. 929 placing the entire Luzon under Enhanced Community Quarantines (ECQ) on March 16, 2020. However, one of the biggest surprises was the inclusion of Palawan to the ECQ, at a time when there was zero case of COVID-19 in the province.
What was supposed to be a great season for tourism business proved to be nightmare for Palawan municipal local government units (LGUs), who scrambled to evacuate their tourist and repatriate their stranded constituents outside the province. This was very evident for northern Palawan municipalities, which are considered as among the country’s premier destination. One of the municipalities that was significantly affected by this pandemic is Taytay, a quaint and rustic municipality that straddles the area between two major tourism areas in Palawan, the towns of El Nido and San Vincente (Figure 1).
As the first capital of Palawan and aptly nicknamed “The Star of the North” or Strella del Norte, Taytay is a first-class municipality. An emerging tourism gem, it has 31 barangays, eight of which are situated on island. With a population of a little over 80,000 scattered across more than 129,000 hectares of land area, management of entry and exit of people wants to cross the town’s borders during the quarantine is a logistics nightmare.
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