PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur —- The local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 has required all travelers into the city to undergo a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.
The policy, contained in Executive Order No. 08 signed by Mayor Samuel Co, took effect on April 6, apparently in response to the recent surge of coronavirus disease cases in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces.
The policy covers those who are not authorized persons outside of residence or APORs and local stranded individuals who are returning home, regardless of the quarantine status of their places of origin.
But Co said the city government would shoulder the cost of…
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