The provincial government of Albay has now lifted the checkpoints for strict border control regulations manned by the Philippine National Police (PNP).
This was contained in Executive Order (EO) No. 35 issued by Albay Governor Al Francis Bichara on Thursday.
“Reasonable restrictions may be imposed by the local government units (LGUs) of destinations, which should not be stricter as those prescribed under higher alert levels and subject to the oversight, monitoring, and evaluation of their respective Inter-Agency Task Force,” the EO stated.
Albay is now under the lower Alert Level 2 community quarantine status in the fight against coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Based on Department of Health data, Albay has 654 active cases of Covid-19 as of December 5.
On vaccination coverage as of December 3, a total of 614,794 individuals or 62 percent of Albayanos are now inoculated with at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccines out of the total target population of 987,297.
Source: Philippines News Agency
