Published April 22, 2021, 6:45 PM
The Philippine Navy has turned over to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) the more than P3.3 million worth of cash which it collected from its officers and personnel to assist the national government in setting up more facilities for those who were infected by the coronavirus.
Vice Admiral Giovannie Carlo Bacordo, flag-officer-in-command of the Philippine Navy, turned over the check worth P 3,301,800 to OCD administrator Ricardo Jalad in a turnover on Thursday.
“The Navy made a donation previously from the personnel subsistence allowance. With the continuing effort to address the pandemic we decided to continue to contribute to the COVID-19 response operations, and without hesitation, we did so again,” said Bacordo said.
Published April 15, 2021, 1:44 PM
The Pasay City government is planning to set up two additional quarantine facilities with 100 beds each.
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, in an interview with ANC’s Market Edge, said the city has four quarantine facilities located at the Pasay City Sports Complex with 60 beds, Burgos Elementary School with 44, SM Mall of Asia with 132, and Folk Arts Theater with 97.
Rubiano said that at the peak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections that reached more than 1,000, the city government sought the assistance of Oplan Kalinga in transporting COVID-19 patients to as far as Batangas.
Based on the latest report, the city’s four quarantine facilities now have vacancies, which local authorities said is a sign that the city is “slowly winning the battle against COVID-19.”
April 14, 2021
Bong Go reiterates appeal for more modular hospitals and ICU beds to treat severe COVID-19 patients
Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Christopher Bong Go reiterated his appeal to concerned agencies to fast track the expansion and construction of additional modular hospitals equipped with COVID-19 isolation facilities and intensive care unit beds in order to address the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country, especially in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces. Huwag nating hintayin na nag-aagaw buhay na sa labas ng mga ospital ang ating mga kababayang may sakit. Gawin natin ang lahat ng ating makakaya para sagipin at gamutin sila, began Go.
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In a statement on Tuesday, April 13, the DOH and NTF said over the next two weeks it will continue to monitor and work with the local government units (LGUs) to reach specific targets to address the increasing cases and hospital occupancies.
The DOH and NTF have also committed to reduce the duration of infectiousness of cases through increased contact tracing efficiency and strengthened active case finding through testing at the community level, which they said can help “reduce new infections.”
Contact Tracing Czar Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Department of Information and Communications Technology will also further support contact tracing efforts through supplementation of around 27,672 contact tracers in the NCR+ bubble, and by putting in place an automatic contact tracing system using text messaging (SMS).
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