Republic of the Philippines

Province of Bohol
Municipality of Valencia
Barangay Adlawan

OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 01 s. 2020

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER RE-ACTIVATING THE BARANGAY HEALTH EMERGENCY ACTION TEAM IN

THE BARANGAY OF ADLAWAN, MUNICIPALITY OF VALENCIA, BOHOL, AND DEFINING THEIR
GENERAL FUNCTIONS.

WHEREAS, DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2003-95 dated May 7, 2003, enjoins all barangays
the creation of the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTS) in response to the growing
concern over the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS);

WHEREAS, a similar or if not a more severe threat is confronting the country and the entire
World with the outbreak of the Coronavirus;

WHEREAS, the National Government directed all barangays nationwide to form their Barangay
Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) to help the government address the crisis which was
brought about by the 2019 novel coronavirus within their own community;

WHEREAS, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Añ o stressed that each barangay
must be adequately informed about the disease and prepared to adopt protocols in containing it;

WHEREAS, unless properly addressed, this phenomenon may create a negative impact on
business productivity, tourism, and mobility of citizens, not to mention deaths.

WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued Memorandum
Circular No. 2020-018 dated January 31, 2020, Guide to Action Against “Coronavirus”, enjoining all
Punong Barangay to re-activate their respective Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT);

WHEREAS, the Punong Barangay (PB) must appoint a team whose members are composed of an
executive officer, a barangay tanod, and two barangay health workers, one of whom must be a nurse or a
midwife;

WHEREAS, BHERTs would serve as the eyes and ears of the government to make sure that
residents within their jurisdictions are all accounted for and are fully informed about the coronavirus;

WHEREAS, BHERT members shall be equipped with protective gears such as surgical gowns,
goggles, masks, and gloves;

NOW,THEREFORE, I, CONCORDIA T.TAGAS, Punong Barangay of Adlawan, Municipality of

Valencia, Bohol do hereby reactivate the Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT), composed
of the following as members;

Executive Officer: DESIDERIA L. BUGAS Chairperson, SB Committee on

Health
Members: REYNANTE GAMOLO Chief Barangay Tanod
JENNILYN L. ADEM Barangay Health Worker
JOAN D. GAMOLO Barangay Health Worker
MERLYN R. LOQUIAS Barangay Health Worker
NYCE MARIE M. MAGLENTE Rural Health Midwife
 The Barangay Health Emergency Response Team shall perform the following function in relation
to Coronavirus:

a. With or without the list of arrivals from the Mayor supposed to be given by the Bureau of
Immigration (BI), conduct visits in the home of every arriving person from a coronavirus affected
country;
b. Immediately list down the person(s) the arriving resident(s) came in contact with prior to his/her
arrival in is/her residence;
c. Require the arriving resident(s) to check and record temperature daily, in the morning and in the
afternoon, for the duration of 14-day home confinement period. Advise the arriving resident(s) to
watch out to any others symptoms of coronavirus like cough, difficulty in breathing or shortness
of breath;
d. Check on the condition of the arriving resident(s) daily from a distance of more than (1) one
meter. In checking, all wear N95 or surgical mask;
e. 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. Required the coronavirus suspect to wear N95 of surgical mask. Place the rest of
the household also under 14-day home confinement. Repeat the process for them, including
contact tracing period. If no sign manifest, report to the municipal health officer for lifting of
home confinement.
f. If no symptoms are observed after the 14-day home confinement, report the matter to the
municipal health officer for lifting of home confinement; and
g. Report to the Punong Barangay on measures or actions taken per arriving resident.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in Barangay Adlawan, Valencia, Bohol this 12th day of February, 2020.

CONCORDIA T.TAGAS
PUNONG BARANGAY