In a city considered as a COVID-19 “hotspot,” six mountain barangays in Cebu City remain to be uninfected by the dreadful virus since the start of the pandemic.
Cebu City, which has 80 barangays, is the only city placed under enhanced community quarantine in the country from July 1 to 15 due to its rising number of confirmed cases.
According to the Cebu City Health Department, the virus-free barangays are Agsungot, Buot, Mabini, Sinsin, Sudlon 1, and Tagbao as of July 11.
Maintaining the untarnished record of these barangays is a shared responsibility of the government and its people, said Sudlon 1 Punong Barangay Dante Tabucal.
PB Tabucal cited some of the efforts of the barangay which include proper information dissemination, strict implementation of quarantine community protocols, random roving of barangay tanods, strict implementation of border control, and the laudable practice of discipline of the residents.
“We are doing our best to implement national and local protocols. My constituents are well-informed about these protocols,” he said.
Buot Punong Barangay Richard Bacayan agreed with the sentiments of PB Tabucal.
Barangay Buot has implemented stricter border control to keep non-residents from entering its borders.
It also strongly enforced the mandatory wearing of face masks and other health protocols.
Tabucal attributed the zero COVID case in his barangay to the remarkable cooperation and discipline of the people amid the limitations posed by the quarantine protocols.
DILG Cebu City Officer-in-Charge Atty. Ian Kenneth Lucero lauded the efforts of these COVID-free barangays for protecting themselves from the virus.
He said their attitude and discipline towards responding to this pandemic should be replicated in other areas of the city.
