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STATE OF CALAMITY. Dr. Annabelle Tang, officer-in-charge of the Iloilo City Health Office, briefs members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on the status of acute gastroenteritis cases in the city during the special session on Friday (Sept. 2, 2022). The SP passed a resolution declaring the city under a state of calamity and approved the utilization of the PHP12.5 million quick response fund. (PNA photo courtesy of ERS) ILOILO CITY - The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), in a special session on Friday, passed a resolution placing the city under state of calamity due to food and waterborne diseases. With the declaration, the SP also approved the utilization of the PHP12.5 million quick response fund for the three-month operation of the city government in addressing the health concern. Dr. Annabelle Tang, City Health Office (CHO) officer-in-charge, said they will be using the fund to buy medicines for suspect and confirmed cases of cholera and manifesting acute gastroenteritis (AGE), medical
ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS. The case status of the acute gastroenteritis in Iloilo City as of Aug. 31, 2022. The City Health Office said Thursday (Sept. 1, 2022) there is still a possibility that the number of cases would increase as active case monitoring continues. (PNA photo screenshot from CHO presentation) ILOILO CITY - The acute gastroenteritis outbreak here has already claimed eight lives as of August 31, the City Health Office (CHO) reported Thursday. "From 125 cases last August 30, we have an additional 103 cases for August 31. So that's a total of 228 as of August 31. We are still receiving reports for September 1," Dr. Marigold Calsas, medical coordinator of the Iloilo City Epidemiology and Surveillance Office, said in a press conference. The deaths included a four-month-old girl from Timawa Tanza II, an 11-month-old girl from Sto. Rosario-Duran, a two-year-old boy from Rizal Palapala I, a five-year-old boy from Zone 6B Molo Boulevard, an eight-year-old girl from Zo
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