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[아시아뉴스통신=페이 기자] Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada has ordered the temporary closure of one of the big markets here as local transmissions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continue to increase.
In a letter sent to Atty. Edwin Jon Pizarro, OIC-chief of the Office of the City Economic Enterprise, Lagnada ordered the temporary closure of the Mayor Salvador L. Calo Supermarket--also known as the “Langihan Market”, for a period of six days starting Wednesday, August 26. Lagnada noted that three of the 14 new COVID-19 patients announced by the Department of Health in Caraga Region (DOH-13) Tuesday afternoon are identified as stall owners and vendors at Langihan Market.
One of the COVID-19 cases in the city who recently died was also a stall owner and vendor in the said market, the mayor also pointed out.
“As these bad tidings demand serious intervention from the city government, we have proposed to, and have secured the approval of the Regional Task Force against Covid-19 One Caraga Shield (RTF-COCS) for the temporary total lockdown Mayor Salvador L. Calo Supermarket,” Lagnada said.
The temporary closure, he said, will allow authorities to conduct intensive contact tracing and disinfection of the premises of the market.
