Travel from Negros Island to the Dumangas Port in Iloilo province and vice versa has also been suspended from May 25 to 31.
The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force and the Regional Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases said the suspension was pronounced by Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año in a meeting with the local chief executives of Western Visayas on Monday, May 24.
Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor said he sought the week-long suspension of travel between Negros and his province in support of the move of Iloilo City to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas on Sunday ordered the temporary suspension of inbound and outbound travel between Negros Island and his city from 12 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, to 11:59 p.m. of May 31.
Iloilo City is currently under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.*