The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has started disinfecting facilities and buildings frequented by the public following the declaration by Malacañang over the weekend of a state of public health emergency due to heightened new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threat.
SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the disinfection protocol will be carried out by the SBMA Public Health and Safety Department initially in all SBMA offices and public areas using agents prescribed by the Department of Health (DOH).
“I call on all Subic stakeholders to support this measure because we all need to observe cleanliness and practice proper hygiene in face of heightened coronavirus threat in the country. We need to protect ourselves and keep the Subic community safe,” Eisma added.
Malacañang said on Sunday that President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency following a confirmed local transmission of COVID-19.
On Saturday, the Department of Health (DOH) raised “Code Red sublevel 1” after it confirmed that a new COVID patient did not have recent history of travel to other countries.
A situation report from the World Health Organization on Sunday indicated a total of 105,596 confirmed cases in over 100 countries.
The DOH said over the weekend that the Philippines has 10 confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, Eisma reminded the public that other health safety protocols announced by the SBMA previously will remain in force in the Subic Bay Freeport.
These include the ban on entry of people, ships and aircraft coming from COVID-hit countries, as well as voluntary quarantine of those who recently travelled abroad and thermal scanning at Subic Bay Freeport gates for foreign visitors. (HEE/MPD-SBMA)
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[1] A sanitary technician sprays liquid disinfectant in an SBMA office on Sunday following the declaration of a state of public health emergency due to heightened COVID-19 threat.
[2] Disinfection is also undertaken in public areas like the Subic Bay Freeport main gate.
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