LEGAZPI CITY —- The Albay Interagency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) has authorized all mayors in the province to declare granular lockdowns in their respective areas where spikes in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to happen.
Gov. Al Francis Bichara, Albay IATF chair, issued on Thursday Executive Order No. 9 urging local governments to implement tighter health protocols to contain COVID-19 in the province in the last two weeks, or from March 28 to April 15.
But mayors who want to place villages or sub-villages in their localities under granular lockdown would need to submit a written request to the governor for his approval, Bichara’s order said.
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