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TWENTY-SIX FOREIGN TOURISTS FROM DAEGU CITY IN SOUTH KOREA ARRIVED IN CEBU CITY ON FEBRUARY 25 — A DAY BEFORE THE PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCED A SELECTIVE TRAVEL BAN ON NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, WHERE DAEGU IS LOCATED. OF THAT NUMBER, 15 HAVE ALREADY LEFT FOR SOUTH KOREA, WHILE TWO OTHERS ARE SET TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY TODAY. ONE PERSON HAS LEFT CEBU CITY, WHILE 7 ARE UNDERGOING STRICT MONITORING IN THEIR HOTELS.
A TRAVEL BAN WAS IMPOSED ON THOSE TRAVELING FROM NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, WHERE DAEGU CITY IS LOCATED. IT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF SOUTH KOREA"S CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE CONCENTRATED. SOUTH KOREA HAS THE MOST CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES OUTSIDE OF MAINLAND CHINA. THERE ARE AT LEAST 2,022 CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AND 13 DEATHS.
THE BUREAU OF QUARANTINE IN CENTRAL VISAYAS (BOQ-7) ANNOUNCED THAT 26 SOUTH KOREAN TRAVELERS FROM DAEGU CITY ARRIVED AT THE MACTAN CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCIA) LAST FEBRUARY 25, JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IMPOSED A TRAVEL BAN ON NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE ON FEBRUARY 26.
HOWEVER, THE BAN ON THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TRAVELING FROM NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, INCLUDING DAEGU CITY AND CHEONGDO COUNTY, INTO THE PHILIPPINES REMAINS EFFECTIVE.
IN A MEETING WITH DOH 7, BOQ 7 AND OTHER HEALTH OFFICIALS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, CEBU GOVERNOR GWENDOLYN GARCIA SAID FILIPINOS OR HOLDERS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA ARRIVING IN CEBU FROM GYEONGSANG PROVINCE WILL BE SUBJECTED TO MANDATORY QUARANTINE.
WITH CHINA AND ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS NOW FACING TRAVEL BANS, CEBU』S OVERALL TRAFFIC TO AND FROM GREATER NORTH ASIA IS BOUND TO PLUNGE.
AS THIS DEVELOPED, THE BUREAU OF QUARANTINE (BOQ) 7 BASED IN CEBU CITY IS CHECKING THE WHEREABOUTS OF 26 KOREAN NATIONALS WHO FLEW IN FROM DAEGU CITY, NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE ON FEB. 25, 2020, TO EXAMINE THEIR HEALTH CONDITION.
THERE IS "NO BASIS YET TO CANCEL" FLIGHTS PENDING THE RELEASE OF A FORMAL DIRECTIVE FROM GOVERNMENT, SAID CEBU PACIFIC DIRECTOR FOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS CHARO LOGARTA-LAGAMON.
DAEGU IS AMONG THE AREAS IN SOUTH KOREA THAT HAS A HIGH NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) CASES. THE DOH-7 SAID THEY FOUND THE SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL AMONG WITH SEVEN OTHERS IN A HOTEL IN CEBU.
READ: HEALTH DEPARTMENT FINALLY TRACKS DOWN KOREAN TOURIST FROM VIRUS-HIT DAEGU CITY IN CEBU

 

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