The Department of Health regional office in Palo, Leyte. (PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) regional office here has lauded the Leyte provincial government in its effort to control the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the province. During the inter-agency task force meeting on Friday presided by outgoing Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla, DOH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Exuperia Sabalberino said they are pleased to work with the province in battling the coronavirus. "We went through a lot and we had ups and downs considering the novelty of the virus. We did not know how to best handle and manage the situation, but Leyte had done a really good job," Sabalberino said during the meeting. Petilla recalled that in the past three years of dealing with the pandemic, the province has not closed its borders. The local government just required mandatory testing for all returning residents and those with symptoms of the virus identifie
NEW HOSPITAL. The site development perspective for the proposed Samar Island Medical Center in Calbayog City, Samar. The Department of Health 8 (Eastern Visayas) has created a technical working group that would draft the implementing rules and regulations for the new law that establishes the Samar Island Medical Center.(Photo courtesy of Samar Daily News Online) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) 8 (Eastern Visayas) is eyeing the construction of a 300-bed tertiary hospital in Calbayog City to serve Samar Island's three provinces, home to 1.2 million people. The DOH has created a technical working group (TWG) tasked to draft the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the new law that establishes the Samar Island Medical Center. DOH-8 Director Exuperia Sabalberino said Friday that the TWG had its first meeting on May 10 to plan, discuss, and prepare the information and documentation necessary to formulate the IRR for Republic Act 11703, "An Act Establishing in
REMINDER. The Department of Health Eastern Visayas regional office in Palo, Leyte. The agency reminded the public on Thursday (May 5, 2022) to strictly adhere to minimum public health standards as they go out and vote for the national and local elections on May 9.(PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) has reminded the public to strictly adhere to minimum public health standards as they go out and vote for the national and local elections on May 9. In an advisory issued on Thursday, DOH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Exuperia Sabalberino calls for strict implementation and adherence to the agency's "Mask-Hugas-Iwas-Airflow-Bakuna" advocacy to deter the upsurge of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). "The public is encouraged to continue practicing public health measures such as physical distancing, wearing of well-fitted face masks, hand and respiratory hygiene (hand washing), and ensuring good ventilation by opening windows and doors w
COVID JABS. A Covid-19 vaccination drive in a community in Tacloban City in this March 29, 2022 photo. The Department of Health regional office urged local government units in Eastern Visayas to adopt the door-to-door strategy in the vaccination against Covid-19.(Photo courtesy of Tacloban city health office) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) regional office urged local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas to adopt the door-to-door strategy in the vaccination against Covid-19. Citing experiences of some local governments, DOH Regional Director Exuperia Sabalberino said on Tuesday the door-to-door scheme is effective in ensuring high vaccination coverage. "The strategy yielded better results than the conventional tactics employed. With this, we aim to improve the coverage of the vaccination campaign, which tends to increase the resiliency of the community," Sabalberino said in a press briefing. The DOH has no available data on how many cities and towns have
VACCINATION. Tacloban residents inside the Astrodome, the city's mega vaccination center in this Feb. 14, 2022 photo. The Department of Health is eyeing to administer Covid-19 vaccines to 80,000 individuals in Eastern Visayas during the fourth round of three-day National Vaccination Days from March 10 to 12.(Photo courtesy of Tacloban city government) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing to administer coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines to 80,000 individuals in Eastern Visayas during the fourth round of three-day National Vaccination Days from March 10 to 12. Department of Health Eastern Visayas regional director Exuperia Sabalberino said in a statement on Wednesday the vaccination drive will target those individuals with due second doses, missed second doses, remaining senior citizens, remaining adolescent population, and booster doses in the health and economic sector. The 80,000 target is the region's contribution to the 1.8 million nationwide ta