Engr. Leonides Echague, president of the ENCCI, said the distribution of Vitamin C tablets is an initiative to strengthen the immune system of the recipients in relation to the coronavirus disease-2019 or COVID-19, which is a global health emergency.
The Schools Division Office (SDO) in the province also called on them to strictly follow the February 4-issued "STOP NCOV", the DepEd acronym that relates the precautionary measures they should undertake in educating students about the new strain of coronavirus.