INCREASING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS.Personnel of the Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) and the Sibalom Municipal Health Office during their advocacy against dengue in the Municipality of Sibalom on April 22, 2022. IPHO Nurse 4 Sheree Vego said on Tuesday (April 26) the public should not be complacent and clean their surroundings to get rid of mosquito vectors.(Photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is urging the public to continue carrying out environmental sanitation to prevent the spread of dengue which has already claimed two lives in the province this year. Dengue, now considered a year-round disease, has claimed the lives of a 20-year-old female from the municipality of Sibalom and a 19-year-old female from Bugasong town, said Sheree Vego, IPHO Nurse 4 and in charge of the Infectious Diseases Cluster. The case from Bugasong town died on February 5 while the Sibalom patient was the late
COVID-19 VAX. Eight-year-old Julliu Marco Remes gets his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine during the launch of the pediatric inoculation in Barangay Idio, Sebaste on Monday (Feb. 21, 2022). Currently, 1,230 kids from 5-11 years old in Antique have received their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.(Photo courtesy of Antique Liga ng mga Barangay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has recorded 1,230 kids from 5-11 years old who availed of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination in the province. IPHO information officer Irene Dulduco said in an interview Tuesday the vaccinated children were from nine out of the 18 towns of the province. "So far, as of our reporting time on February 21, there were already nine towns that had submitted their accomplishments," she said. The vaccinees were from the towns of Anini-y with 317, Hamtic with 240, San Jose de Buenavista with 205, Bugasong with 110, Libertad with 96, Ba
'RESBAKUNA KIDS'. Six-year-old Nina Alexia Panique gets her Covid-19 jab during the kick-off ceremony for "Resbakuna Kids" in Antique Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2022). Liga ng mga Barangays president Pamela Azucena Socorro said on Thursday that village leaders should assist in the Covid-19 vaccination for 5-11 years old.(File photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Village leaders (barangay captains) in Antique are urged to assist in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination for the 5 to 11 years old (Resbakuna Kids) as it kicks off in their respective municipalities. Liga ng mga Barangays (LNB) president Pamela Socorro Azucena said in an interview Thursday that she is urging the 590 barangay captains in the province to conduct home visitation among their constituents to spread words about the program for children. "The barangay captains should make it a point to discuss with their constituents the advantages of the Covid-19 vac
NO IN-PERSON CLASSES. Antique National School (ANS) learners during their face-to-face classes on Jan. 3. Evelyn Remo, Department of Education Division of Antique School Governance and Operations chief, said on Thursday (Jan. 20, 2022) that face-to-face classes of ANS and the two other pilot public schools had been suspended effective Jan. 17 after Antique was placed under Alert Level 3 due to rising infections.(Photo courtesy of DepEd Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The implementation of the face-to-face classes in three pilot schools in Antique has been suspended effective Jan. 17 after the classification of the province was escalated to Alert Level 3. "With the province placed under Alert Level 3 due to the rising coronavirus disease 2019 (Covd-19), our DepEd School Superintendent Felisa Beriong gave instruction to temporarily suspend the face-to-face classes in the pilot schools for the safety of the learners," said Evelyn Remo, chief of the Antique Schools Div
CASE SURVEILLANCE. The Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) reports the province has 12 Covid-19 active cases as of Jan. 5, 2022. The IPHO has directed the municipal health officers in the province to closely monitor those with signs and symptoms of Omicron variant for early detection.(Photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has directed Municipal Health Officers (MHOs) of the province's 18 towns to closely monitor those manifesting symptoms of Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), especially among returning residents. "The severity of the Omicron variant is less compared with Delta variant, but then it is highly transmissible," IPHO Health Officer 1, Dr. Leoncio Abiera Jr., said in a press conference late Wednesday afternoon. He said among the signs and symptoms of the variant are sneezing and runny nose and quite hard to be distinguished from just a commo