Chamber Beat :CCCI, Project BalikBuhay urges private sectors to cooperate

CEBU, Philippines —  To ramp up Cebu’s economy, the local government units (LGUs) of three component cities (Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu), together with the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), other chambers and the private sector, is urging the business community of Cebu to adopt the guidelines set by the “Project BalikBuhay” in order to resume business operations, through compliance to the strategic testing of employees and compliance to new health protocols.

As the tri-cities perceive the importance of a gradual re-opening of the communities through a calibrated, scientific, and evidence-based transition from enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to modified community quarantine (MCQ), the “Project BalikBuhay” was created and launched on April 29, 2020.

Taking steps to determine the feasibility of shifting into modified enhanced community quarantine (MCQ) by the third week of May 2020,“Project BalikBuhay” is a multi-stakeholder planthat aims to balance economic sustainability and public health security of the cities within an 18-month period.

Priority companies, which include those in the agri-industry, utilities, food production, construction and essential services, are projected to start their testing on May 11.

While strategic testing in communities and the rapid testing in companies are expected to be finished by May 20, the Project BalikBuhay timeline projects that the three cities will proceed with the modified ECQ on May 21.

Based on the timeline, priority businesses that have conducted rapid tests on their employees may also open starting May 21.

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