Mayor to employees: stay calm,

in midst of City Hall infections

By Letty M.Militante

City Mayor Maria Isabelle C.Climaco Salazar  has called on city hall employees  to remain  calm  and to continue to perform work following a number of cityhall employees (male and female) tested possitive for the Covid 19 infection or contamination.

On recor, Zamboanga City Covid 19 positive cases increase and continue to rise  and the number of those cases  has been closed to home.

With this development,Climaco Salazar said that city hall must remain open because "we are in the heart of local government."

“Our services can not stop,” Climaco Salazar said .

Climaco Salazar also  called on government workers as public servants to remain calm and to continue performing  their work.

“This is our sworn duty,”Climaco Salazar said adding that “Zamboanga City needs you.I need you all to  hold our ground and help fight  the battle .”

According to Climaco Salazar, the city government is doing everything  to make cityhall work spaces   safe as much as possible.

The local government further re- assures the public    and that it is exhausting all efforts to fight  Covid 19 in different fronts.

Cityhall is on skeletal arrangement  to limit people’s movement wherein Climaco Salazar  has directed department heads  to find ways to limit contact in the performance of transactions , to be flexible and to maximize  technologies available .

There is also the ongoing disinfection and decontamination in Cityhall.

Contract tracing is also at hand, Climaco Salazar said.

“Covid 19 is already in our community,” Climaco Salazar said adding that let us consider ourselves expose and possible carrier.Therefore , we must act accordingly.”

“ Covid 19 is a public emergency, economic

emergency, social emergency. We are doing out best,” Climaco Salazar said .

Climaco Salazar also reminds everyone to protect and discipline themselves  by cooperating on protocolas as  the proper wearing of face mask at all time,  maintaining social-physical  distancing and avoid convergence  as well as poor ventilation, proper hygiene and washing of hands and limited movements  to only essentials.(Letty M.Militante )