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Republic of the Philippines

Province of Samar
Municipality of Pagsanghan

Barangay ___________________________

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. ____


Series of 2020

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REACTIVATING THE BARANGAY HEALTH EMERGENCY


RESPONSE TEAM (BHERT) OF BARANGAY__________________________,
PAGSANGHAN, SAMAR

WHEREAS, Section 15, Article 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and Section
16 of the General Welfare Clause of the Local Government Code of 1991, state that all
Local Government Units are mandated to take charged with the promotion of health
and safety within their jurisdictions;

WHEREAS, in response to the growing concern over the outbreak of


coronavirus, where the Philippines is now one of the identified countries with known
cases, DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2020-018 was issued on January 31, 2020;

WHEREAS, the said Circular enjoins all Local Government Units to effectively
intensify information education campaign against coronavirus and implement programs,
projects and services that will promote the health and well-being of all their
constituents;

WHEREAS, number 4.2 of the said Circular has outlined the responsibilities of
Punong Barangays, specifically on containment, control, and prevention - to include
organization of one (1) BHERT for every 5,000 population;

NOW THEREFORE, I, ___________________________________, Punong


Barangay of Barangay ______________________, Pagsanghan, Samar, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby reactivate the Barangay Health Emergency
Response Team (BHERT) of Barangay ____________________, Pagsanghan, Samar:

Section 1. Composition - The Team shall be composed of the following:

Chairperson : ______________________________, Punong Barangay


Members : ______________________________, SB Comm Chair on Health
: ______________________________, Barangay Tanod
: ______________________________, Barangay Tanod
: ______________________________, Barangay Health Worker
: ______________________________, Barangay Health Worker
Section 2. Functions - The Team shall have the following functions:
1. Conduct visits in the home of every arriving person from a coronavirus
affected country;

2. Immediately list down the person(s) that the arriving resident(s) came in
contact with prior to his/her arrival in his/her residence;

3. Require the arriving resident(s) to check and record temperature daily,


morning and afternoon, for the duration of the 14-day home confinement
period;

4. Advise the arriving resident(s) to watch out for any other symptoms of
coronavirus like cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, etc;

5. Wearing N95 or surgical mask, check on the condition of the arriving


resident(s) daily from a distance of more than one (1) meter;

6. If symptoms are observed, immediately isolate and confine the arriving


resident, now a coronavirus suspect, to a room away from the members of
the household prior to his immediate transport to a DOH-designated
coronavirus-referral center or hospital for further examination and treatment;

7. Require the coronavirus suspect to wear N95 or surgical mask. Place the rest
of the household also under the 14-day day home confinement and repeat
the process for them, including contact tracing; and

8. If no signs manifest, or if no symptoms are observed after the 14-day home


confinement, report the matter to the Municipal Health Officer for the lifting
of home confinement.

Section 3. Effectivity - This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done this _____ day of February, 2020 at Barangay ______________________,


Pagsanghan, Samar, Philippines.

________________________________
Punong Barangay

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