Cimatu cites ‘cooperation’ in Cebu City’s fight vs COVID

CDNTopStories: Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday, August 31, officially capped his two-month stay here in Cebu City to oversee the government’s coronavirus response. Read more: CDNDigital

DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu and retired Major General Mel Feliciano of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Visayas inspect several potential locations in Cebu City that can be utilized as public cemeteries in this July 2020 photo. | Photo courtesy from IATF-Visayas

But a day before his departure, Cimatu congratulated the Cebuano community for bringing the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak here to manageable levels. Cimatu, together with IATF-Visayas Deputy Chief Implementer and Retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano will be leaving Cebu to help Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, and Iloilo City with their fight against COVID-19.Feliciano said ‘collaborative efforts’ made by personnel manning Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center also contributed to the success in pushing down the city’s epidemic curve.

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