Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday said there is no basis for putting Barangay Kamuning under lockdown after the discovery of the new coronavirus variant infecting a resident in the area.
Published January 14, 2021, 3:37 PM
There are now reports of discrimination against Barangay Kamuning residents, which Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte attributed to the immediate reporting of the first United Kingdom (UK) variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) without properly informing the public first.
After the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday night disclosed that a Barangay Kamuning in Quezon City resident tested positive for the new virus variant after returning from Dubai, Belmonte said some of her constituents are already prohibited from reporting for work due to fear of their employers.
“Tumawag na sa akin kanina ang kapitana ng Barangay Kamuning at sinabi nya na napakarami sa kaniyang mga mamayan, takot na takot na… at marami din sa kanila ay hindi na pinayagan pumasok sa iba’t iba nilang mga tanggapan bilang mga empleyado (The captain of Barangay Kamuning talked to me and told that many of her constituents are already afraid. Some of them are even asked no
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CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) – Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has ordered a strict monitoring of residents arriving from abroad amid reports that a new COVID-19 variant has been detected in some countries
Belmonte ordered the city’s 142 barangays to closely monitor residents coming from other countries specially from countries found to have cases of new virus strain and were restricted from entering the Philippines.
“Following the old adage ‘prevention is better than cure,’ we are now focused on stopping the new virus strain from spreading here,” Belmonte said.
According to the mayor, the city government plans to request hotels currently being used as quarantine facilities to give the city the list of names of Quezon City residents who were registered in their facility.