The ceremony was held at the Skylight Convention Center on Saturday morning, with Mayor Bayron delivering a congratulatory message online to the three recovered patients and the frontliners who took care of them.
Dr. Lovelyn Sotoza, municipal health officer, said the amount spent to purchase the vitamins, medicine supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE) sets, testing kits, and others was from the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act grant to the local government unit (LGU).
Palawan has so far managed to keep the pandemic at bay. Since the entire Luzon went into lockdown in mid-March, it has had only four confirmed positive cases and one death - a rather small number in the context of the nationwide situation.
The donation of 60 PPE sets; around 200 gloves; 2,000 safety masks, and 300 goggles were made possible through the help of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic chief Col. Edison "Bong" Nebrija.
In a statement issued Monday, the Palawan Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF ELCAC) said the NPA attacks disregarded the welfare of the people especially the frontliners against the coronavirus disease.
The quarantine controls were put into place starting the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on March 15 in the entire Luzon area and works were suspended.
Captain Orchie Bobis, spokesperson of the 3rd Marine Brigade (3MBde) said the beef burger snacks from a local McDonald's branch were provided to 110 families composed of 370 individuals.
