Municipal health officer Dr. Marian Relucio said the confirmatory result of the swab collected from her returned negative on Saturday night for SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, from the Ospital ng Palawan's (ONP) RT-PCR GeneXpert laboratory.
Public information officer Kurt Acosta in an interview confirmed that the LGU’s move to temporarily suspend Airswift inbound flights is effective immediately, however, outbounds are still allowed.
Several netizens voiced concern when a Facebook post circulated that a group of 88 tourists from San Vicente had entered El Nido despite all forms of land transfers already being cancelled, and ECQ in the municipality was in place.
Mayor Lucilo Bayron, in an updated advisory issued Saturday afternoon, set detailed guidelines on the Puerto Princesa International Airport (PPIA) temporary suspension on its domestic flights, as the city government bids to prevent COVID-19 from entering the city.
"Pinapahinto sila, binibigyan ng checklist na galing din sa DOH para makita ang kanilang travel profile, tapos tsini-check din ang temperature,” Kurt Acosta, Public Relations Officer I and spokesperson of the Municipal Task Force COVID-19, told Palawan News.
