DAVAO CITY—As new COVID-19 cases swell in the National Capital Region, the local government of Davao prepares for the worst.
Mayor Sara Duterte said the city had been stepping up measures to ensure the detection and prevention of new cases to preempt the possible impact of the NCR surge in the Davao region.
“We will issue a letter for the RITF (Regional Inter-agency Task Force) for them to study if it would be beneficial to reimpose screening in regional borders,” Duterte said in her regular radio program on Monday (April 5).
Provinces within Davao region have earlier eased border screenings after the community quarantine level in their areas had been degraded based on the rec…
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