DILG XII Regional Director Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III, showed her commitment to tackle the issue head-on regarding the management of deceased Covid-19 victims via another schedule of video conference attended by members of the Management of the Dead and Missing (MDM) cluster for Covid-19 headed by the DILG.

The online meeting on April 8 was attended by the PNP, BFP, DOH, AFP, DSWD, OCD, Philippine Red Cross, Governors of the provinces in Region XII, City Mayors of Gen. Santos City and Cotabato.

The Regional Inter-Agency Task Group (RITG-XII) and the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on CoVid-19 have pushed and approved the extension of the enhanced community quarantine until April 30 for the whole of Region XII in a bold move to stamp out coronavirus.

In a virtual meeting held on Tuesday, April 7 which was attended by regional directors of various government offices, provincial chief executives and other line agencies, the extension was considered due to the spike in CoVid -19 positive cases as monitored by the DOH. At the time of the meeting which began around 9 in the morning on Tuesday, DOH XII has recorded 10 positive cases.