Guimaras bars tourists from coronavirus-positive countries

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:39:18 +0000

ILOILO CITY – Tourists from countries with positive cases of the novel coronavirus cannot enter the island province of Guimaras.

Guimaras Gov. Samuel Gumarin has issued an executive order barring the entry of tourists from nCoV-positive countries who fail to present a clearance from the Bureau of Quarantine, an attached agency of the Department of Health.

“While the BOQ remains on high alert and is in constant coordination with authorities from all ports of entry for stricter border surveillance, the province of Guimaras likewise needs to have full vigilance and security in all its entry points,” Gumarin said.

While Gumarin’s executive order
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