Incoming non-residents of Batangas City are now required to submit a 7-day valid negative RT-PCR test according to Executive Order No. 25 by Mayor Beverley Dimacuha.
Currently, the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Coast Guard, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, and other enforcement agencies have closed the city’s borders to ensure that it is enforced.
Along with the COVID-19 test result, the city will also ask for S-Pass registration and Travel Pass.
“Ang bigyan natin ng highlight yung mga non residents ng Batangas province , yung manggagaling sa ibang provinces and region. Hihingan sila kabilang sa mga requirements nila para makapasok sa Batangas City ay ito pong S-Pass o itong negative RT-PCR test. Kailangan ito para makapasok at magkaroon ng transaksyon,” said Marie Lualhati, head ng Public Information Office of Batangas City.
This also includes overseas Filipino workers and those from other countries, who can also be placed in isolation facilities if they have not already been quarantined.
RT-PCR and S-Pass required to enter Batangas City
“Pero kung sila naman po ay nag-undergo na ng quarantine na 14-day quarantine at meron na po silang dala na RT-PCR negative na result, ipapakita lang po ito dito po sa ating composite team, pero ang request lang po din natin paki-inform din po ang barangay para magkaroon ng continuous monitoring sila,” said Lualhati.
Resorts and hotel owners have also been advised to install an S-Pass scanner to determine if check-ins comply with the IATF.
Students and employees who work, even regularly enter the city to deliver a product, even if they are from other provinces, will no longer be required to take the RT-PCR test and S-pass.
“Hindi na po natin ito kailangan, kasi itinuturing natin po sila na Batangas City residents, pero kung halimbawa mga commercial deliveries pero regular po siya na nagdadala ng mga produkto dito, nagsu-supply po sa ating mga supermarket, mga department store, exempted na rin po siya para dito sa ating RT-PCR test at ito pong S-Pass,” Lualhati said.
Batangas City is under general community quarantine, but they decided to enforce restrictions because of the threat of the more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.
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