Republic of the Philippines

Province of Iloilo
Municipality of Dueñas
OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR

MAMERTO L. PELOPERO III

Municipal Mayor Tel. No. (063) (033) 537-9233/323-1844

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. ________

Series of 2020

AN ORDER ORGANIZING THE CONTACT TRACING TEAM (CTTT) OF THE

MUNICIPALITY OF DUEÑAS, ILOILO

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution, declares that the State
shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness
among them;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 11469, or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, has placed
the country in a State of National Emergency, and has declared the urgent need to: (a)
mitigate, if not contain, the transmission of COVID-19; (b) undertake measures that will
prevent the overburdening of the healthcare sytem; (c) immediately and amply provide
healthcare, including medical tests and treatments, to COVID-19 patients, persons under
investigation (PUIs), or persons under monitoring (PUMs); (d) ensure that there is sufficient,
adequate and readily available funding to undertake the foregoing; (e) partner with the
private sector and other stakeholders to deliver these measures and programs quickly and
efficiently; and (h) promote and protect the collective interests of all Filipinos in these
challenging times;

WHEREAS, DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2020-062, provides for the suppletory
guidelines for LGUs in the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in the
Philippines;

WHEREAS, DOH Department Memorandum No. 2020-0151 provides for the Interim
Guidelines on Expanded Testing for COVID-19;

WHEREAS, DILG Memorandum Circular no. 2020-073 dated 13 April 2020 provides
the Guidelines for the Conduct of the Expanded Testing Procedures for COVID 19;

WHEREAS, the said memorandum directs each local government unit to organize the
Contact Tracing Team as one of the necessary preparations for the expanded testing
procedures for COVID 19 starting April 14, 2020;

NOW THEREFORE, I, MAMERTO L. PELOPERO III, Municipal Mayor of the

Municipality of Dueñas, Province of Iloilo, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby organize the Contact Tracing as follows:

Section 1. COMPOSITION. The Contact Tracing Team shall be composed of the

following:
Team Leader: PCPT. Marvin S. Buenavista, OIC – Dueñas MPS
Assistant Team Leader: Dr. Rodney R. Labis, DTTB - MHO
Members: __________________________, Dueñas MPS Staff
SFO3 Rodel Balindua, OIC – Dueñas Fire Station
Ma. Gerlie D. Pastrana, MDRRMO
BHERT, 47 Barangays
47 Chief Tanods

Section 2. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS. The following are the duties and functions of
the CTT:

a. Conduct contact tracing for all persons with known exposure to a COVID-
19 patient to ensure that they are strictly observing home quarantine
measures;
b. Monitor the status of Person Under Investigation (PUI), Person Under
Monitoring (PUM), family members with known contact to a confirmed
case to mitigate possibility of contagion; and
c. Report daily update to the COVID-19 Municipal, Provincial and Regional
Task Forces.

Sectio 3. EFFECTIVITY. This order shall take effect immediately.

Done this 14th day of April 2020 at Dueñas, Iloilo.

MAMERTO L. PELOPERO III

Municipal Mayor