The local government of Atok has suspended all tourism activities in the municipality, which is home to a number of flower farms such as the Northern Blossom Flower Farm and Haight's Place, which have been attracting local and foreign tourists.
Atok Mayor Raymundo Sarac ordered the temporary closure of these farms starting February 6 until further notice amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus called 2019-nCoV. Meanwhile, Tinglayan Mayor Sacrament Gumilab early this week directed all local policemen and barangay officials to put up checkpoints especially in Barangay Buscalan"to ban all tourists from entering the municipality."
Tourists come to the remote village of Buscalan to meet Apo Whang-od, the Philippines' oldest mambabatok or traditional Kalinga tattoo artist. The municipal government of Tinglayan has also set up a task force to prevent the spread of nCoV. The Department of Health said there is no confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the Cordillea region, but a total of four people are"under investigation" for possible infection – two from Benguet, and one each from Mountain Province and Baguio City.
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