NAGA CITY — Several zones in barangays Concepcion Pequeña, Del Rosario, San Felipe and Concepcion Grande, here, will be set up with community checkpoints to dissuade or prohibit the locals from going out of their houses only for the sake of fun, excitement or recreation, or anything that is not essential.

The checkpoints, which will be manned by barangay authorities, will be put up in areas where there are individuals who got infected with the virus as shown by their RT-PCR test results or have been tested positive after undergoing antigen procedure.

In a meeting with Mayor Nelson Legacion and HERTF chair Butch Borja, MD, the Liga ng mga Barangay identified the 4 barangays as among the villages in Naga with the highest number of Covid-19 cases (please refer to the table above).

The approach, which is to be strictly implemented under the LGU’s new rule on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response, is called zonal containment strategy (ZCS) which is believed to be an effective tactic to help control the transmission of the virus within neighborhoods and communities.

As of press time on Wednesday, March 7, the Health Emergency Response Task (HERTF) has recorded 20 new cases of Covid-19 for that day alone. “The figure was the highest so far that Naga has recorded since March 16, 2020,” said Punong Barangay Antonio Beltran of Barangay Bagumbayan Norte who is also the president of the Liga ng mga Barangay, here.

Beltran said that “although the city is currently under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), there are certain modifications that the city government needs to implement to limit the virus transmission like the banning of non-essential gatherings and community assemblies.

Residents of areas under ZCS are discouraged to go outside of their houses unless it will be for very important matters, bakong tanganing makipag-inuman asin magbabad sa iristoryahan, he said. Like basketball games, the LGU also prohibits the operations of cockfighting arenas in the city.

Beltran also reminded his fellow Punong Barangays not to allow group drinking in their respective areas and constantly inform establishment owners to accommodate customers that will occupy only 50% of their sitting capacity.

The Pag-iribang Bantay-Barangay will also prohibit persons below 15 years old and above 65 years from going out of their houses unless for matters that are essential or very important.

Pinagmarhay ni Alkalde Nelson Legacion, chairman kan Naga City Price Coordinating Council (NCPCC) na suspendiron poon ngonian na aldaw, Huebes, Marso 8, an pinagpapaotob na price ceiling para sa karneng orig na pinagpapabakal sa Naga City Public Market asin sa iba pang merkado sa laog kan ciudad nin Naga.

Marurumdoman, pinag-paotob an price ceiling bilang mandato kan sarong resolosyon na pighaman kan NCPCC katabang an sektor nin konsumidor, representante kan mga paratienda nin karne, asin an Department of Agriculture sa paagi kan National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS).

Tinugotan kan alkalde an suspensyon sa price ceiling pagkatapos na maobserbaran na padagos na nagsasakat an farm gate price kan orig, alagad dae nakakabwelo an mga paratienda nin karneng orig sa pagtao nin tamang precio huli kan pigpapaotob na price ceiling sa nasambit na produkto.

Resulta kan sitwasyon na iyan an pagsara kan mga tiendahan nin karne sa mercado dara nin pagkapierde mantang an pigtatago kan iba an pagtienda kan produkto huli ta dae kayang otobon an price ceiling na ipinagmamando kan NCPCC Resolution No. 1 Series of 2021.

Sa ikaduwang resolosyon kan NCPCC na sinuspendir an price ceiling, ipinahayag an padagos na pagsakat kan farm gate price poon P170/kg pasakat sa P190/kg sagkod na aboton an P200-P220/kg base sa pinakahuring report kan monitoring teams kan City Veterinary Office asin NMIS.

Saro sa kawsa kan padagos na paglangkaw kan farm gate price an nagdidikit na supply kan orig huli kan African Swine Fever na nagin dahilan tanganing magsara an dakol na commercial pig farms sa probinsya.

Nagin mas makanos pa an sitwasyon huli kan operasyon nin mga mobile swine traders hale sa ibang rehiyon na nagoopresir nin mas halangkaw na farm gate price, resulta kaini, nagiging kaagaw sinda kan lokal na swine traders na taga-digdi sa satuyang lugar.

An swine traders na gikan sa ibang lugar igwa pa nin kakayahan na magbayad nin sagkod sa P500 sa siisay man na makakatukdo sainda nin orig na pwede nindang bakalon, sarong bagay na dae kaya kan satuyang mga paratienda nin karne sa merkado publiko.