Cimatu notes 'lack of coordination' among Cebu officials amid COVID19 spike- official
MANILA - The national government seeks to fix an apparent lack of coordination among local government officials in Cebu province as coronavirus cases in one of its cities spiked over the past few weeks, an official said Saturday.
In a briefing on state television, Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, who spoke on behalf of Cebu coronavirus management overseer Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, said that while there are no political issues in Cebu, the official had noted "walang buong pagkilos " among Cebu local officials to address the problem.
"Well acually wala hong definite na political issues as we assessed na the situation sa Cebu [lumalabas na] walang coordination, walang buong pagkilos from the barangay level to the local government units to the provincial government," Antiporda said, in response to a question on what political issues Cimatu is fixing in Cebu.
Duterte also tapped Cimatu, a former military chief, to oversee the quarantine of the city whose COVID-19 cases recently breached the 4,400-mark. Cebu is releasing new number-coded quarantine passes to limit the movement of residents as COVID-19 infections continued to rise.
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