COVID-19 ALERT 13 |  Philippines ECQ Extension

25 April 2020

TO OUR VALUED PRINCIPALS & INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to extend the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in high-risk areas until May 15, 2020. The initial extension of the ECQ was supposed to end on 30 April 2020 but another extension was deemed necessary to further contain the COVID-19 infection.  Among those areas are the National Capital Region (in which our Crystal IEAC is located), Benguet, Pangasinan, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Albay, and Catanduanes, Davao del Norte, and Davao City.

An ECQ requires strict home quarantine in all households, suspension of transportation, regulation of food and essential health services, and heightened presence of uniformed personnel enforcing quarantine protocols. However, places where there is low or moderate risks for COVID-19 will now be placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ).

In line with the above-mentioned declaration of the Philippine Government, we do foresee that various government agencies (POEA, MARINA, OWWA, etc.) will further adjust their initial guidelines on the implementation of the ECQ/GCQ.

Us at Crystal will still continue its work scheme previously shared in our previously shared COVID-19 ALERT 12 (both onsite and offsite/remote work) and rest assured that Crystal will still continue to deliver expected & optimal results. We, Crystal is here to continuously attend to your crewing needs remotely through calls and emails.

Below are the details of our Emergency Response Team (ERT) for your quick reference:

Above numbers are also available on WhatsApp and Viber for your reference.

We again thank everyone for their continued support and understanding during these extraordinary times.