(File photo) MANILA - The national government is increasing the number of contracted hotels to be used as isolation sites after the utilization rate of Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMFs) reached almost 78 percent, a health official said Thursday. Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega said there is an increase in the number of requests for isolation or quarantine facilities as coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases continue to rise in the past weeks. "Iyong December kasi nasa 15 percent lang yata or mga less than 10 percent ng usage ng ating temporary treatment facilities. So, ang iba ho nito talagang nag-aano na, nag-defunctionalize (Last December, the usage of temporary treatment facilities is 15 percent or less than 10 percent. So, even some of them were defunctionalized)," he said during a televised public briefing. He added the contracts of some hotels and facilities that have been commissioned as TTMFs ended last Dec. 31, 2021. To p
(Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) There is no need yet to raise the alert level status in Metro Manila as the healthcare utilization in the area remains manageable, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said that the existing Alert Level
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) An official of the Department of Health (DOH) said over 3,000 healthcare workers are currently undergoing isolation amid rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. "Dito sa Metro Manila. mayroon kaming nakita kahapon na data na mga 3,114 ang
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