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Bans in Cebu City
WHAT is already prohibited in Cebu City? (1) Christmas carols are not allowed. (2) There is no Christmas party.
And you are probably seriously considering: (3) There are no store sales that offer such compelling advantages as “three pairs of shoes for P998.”
JS Footwear on Sanson Road in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Wednesday, November 11, attracted dozens of people lining up outside the store, camping at 3 a.m. and ignoring physical distance rules.
The store was closed “indefinitely” for not having commercial permission and permission to do the promotion. Not because of the sale that drew the big crowd.
The owners said the store will “bounce back,” perhaps with the permits this time around, and ways to limit and manage the crowd. Maybe reduce the three pairs of shoes to two for the P998?
New lock? ‘Could, if …’
Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy director of implementation for the city’s Emergency Operations Center, was reported in a SunStar Superbalita news report as concerned about Covid-19 numbers in the city as of Tuesday 10 of November.
He said that over the past seven days, there have been more cases of infection than recoveries – 13 out of 11 barangays, after weeks of only single-digit or zero positive cases.
More worrying for Garganera are the numbers for Wednesday, November 11, provided by another source: 28 cases of 10 barangays, with these topping the list: Guadalupe (7), Labangón (5), Luz (3) and Apas and Talamban (2 ). Six people, hailing from provinces outside of Cebu, were found to be infected, Garganera said. As of Thursday, November 12, active cases in the city increased to 131.
For comparison, the province of Cebu had 36 new cases, with these cities topping the list: Boljoon (5); and Consolación, Ciudad Danao, Minglanilla, San Fernando and Ciudad Talisay (3 each). Lapu-Lapu City had 6 new cases and Mandue City, 8.
Garganera sees the new data as a warning. “We need the cooperation of the entire population.”
What must be of real concern to Cebu residents was Garganera’s statement that there could be a new shutdown in Cebu City before the end of the month, “if the trend continues.”
He did not ask for the much vaunted resistance of the Cebuanos.
Councilors asked: don’t travel
At the November 11 regular session of the Cebu City Council, Deputy Mayor Mike Rama, the chairman, asked councilors not to travel outside of Cebu City if they could help it.
Not so much because of the risk of coronavirus infection as because of the required quarantine of travelers when they return. Councilor Niña Mabatid was absent on October 14 and 21 and November 4 and the council secretary said it was due to the quarantine, probably self-imposed, to which she underwent after her trip.
VM Rama inquired about Mabatid’s whereabouts at the November 4 session. He was concerned about her absences, in part for her health but, perhaps more urgently, because he wanted her to take the oath of his movement to enforce the anti-Covid protocol. He had sworn in the other councilors as honorary bailiffs of the EMP. In this week’s session, Mabatid was sworn in and received a Rama shirt. No oath, no shirt, said Mike.
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