Bohol placed under GCQ with heightened restrictions from Oct. 16 to 31

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the recommendation Wednesday of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), placing Bohol under general community quarantine (GCQ) “with heightened restrictions” from Oct. 16 to 31 amid the threat of Covid-19 Delta variant.

Amidst ongoing Covid surge, Bohol lifts inbound travel ban

Amidst a still uncontrolled local transmission of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and the reported presence of the even more virulent Delta variant, Governor Arthur Yap lifted the month-long suspension of air and sea travel to Bohol effective 12:01 of September 1, 2021.

Is Covid delta variant wreaking havoc here?

At seven deaths recorded in a day, coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues to wreak havoc among the local population especially with the recent information that the dreaded Delta variant did not just lie there when their hosts got immediate burial.

Bohol ‘lockdown’ extended to Aug. 31

Given the ongoing number of infectious cases in the province, the current lockdown will be extended for at least another one week until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31, Governor Arthur Yap announced on Tuesday.

3 Covid variants of concern, variant of interest in Bohol

Aside from the main severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS COV), the Philippine Genome Center of the University of the Philippines (UP-PGC), University of the Philippines National institute for Health (UP-NIH) and the Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed three more virus variants in Bohol.

1 Delta variant recorded in Tagbilaran

Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell “Baba” Yap has announced that one case of the Covid-19 Delta variant has been detected in the city. This is the first reported case of the highly transmissible variant in Bohol.