VACCINATION. The city government said data from the Health Services Office (HSO) and the University of the Philippines Baguio-Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UPB-DMCS) show that a total of 1,795 children aged 5 to 11 were infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) from March 2020 to February 8, 2022. Aileen Refuerzo, chief information officer of the city, on Friday (Feb. 11, 2022) said the data also show that the highest cases for the age group were noted during the Delta surge of Covid-19 in the city in September last year affecting 498 minors.(PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY - The majority of the pediatric patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) here were infected inside their house by a family member, according to the Health Services Office (HSO). Data analysis from the city's HSO and the University of the Philippines Baguio-Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UPB-DMCS) show a total of 1,795 children aged 5 to 11 were infected with Co
Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has requested the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to downgrade the city’s COVID alert status to Level 2 as cases have been decreasing.
BAGUIO CITY The city’s top health official on Thursday said senior citizens and health workers remain as the priority sectors in Covid-19 testing efforts. City Health Services Office chief Dr. Rowena Galpo, in a phone interview, said this is in compliance with the Department of Health’s (DOH) directive prioritizing health workers,…
(File photo) BAGUIO CITY - The city's top health official on Thursday said senior citizens and health workers remain as the priority sectors in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing efforts. City Health Services Office chief Dr. Rowena Galpo, in a phone interview, said this is in compliance with the Department of Health's (DOH) directive prioritizing health workers, the elderly, and persons with comorbidities in the testing, as the country sees a surge in Covid-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant. "Priority testing for health care workers is being done for surveillance purposes to plan for adequate health system capacity," she said. Meanwhile, she said senior citizens and persons with comorbidities are among vulnerable sectors, thus the need for testing and to determine if they can be given drugs against Covid-19. She said antigen testing is encouraged when symptomatic and when reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing is not available.
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