Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting

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Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force meeting chaired by Governor Dr. Melchor Daguines Diclas. CoVID-19 daily cases in the province have doubled from 3-5 cases in the previous weeks to 11 cases on Jan. 4 and 25 on Jan. 5. The province remains at low epidemic risk level, but Tuba is under high risk level while La Trinidad and Sablan are under moderate risk level.   

Provincial TTMFs are on standby while border checkpoints will remain in place to ensure compliance of requirement of vaccination card or negative RT-PCR test for non-Benguet residents traveling to the province. Those who are allowed entry are required to undergo triage at the TTMF1 in Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet. Benguet remains under Alert Level 2. Meanwhile, CoVID-19 vaccination is still ongoing. The Provincial Vax Team continues to assist LGUs particularly areas with low vaccination rate and those which have high target population. There are now over 52% of the more than 388,000 target population in the province who got fully vaccinated.