MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Officials in Barangay Luz in Cebu City are calling for a coordination meeting with owners of rooms for rent in their area on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, to discuss measures that will help prevent the continued increase in the number of cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The gathering will be held at 1 p.m. at the gymnasium in Sitio Kalinao, the barangay’s advisory reads.
Luz was COVID-free for two months before the barangay’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) started to monitor new infections this January, blaming new cases on “outside viral transmissions.”
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On Sunday, January 24, Barangay Luz logged two new cases increasing its total number of active cases to 22.
Luz was among the Cebu City barangays placed on lockdown last year following a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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But despite the discovery of new cases, Luz officials said they feel fortunate that their barangay was not listed as among the top 10 barangays with the most number of new cases in Cebu City.
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Still, they are asking their constituents to continue to comply with health and safety protocols to avoid from getting the infection.
/bmjo