Published July 22, 2021, 6:59 AM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The city government is looking at imposing hefty sanctions on a popular resort here for holding an event on Tuesday night, July 20 that reportedly violated the prohibition on mass gatherings.
Geraldine Zamora, head of the business permits and licensing division at the city hall, said Wednesday they are currently gathering the necessary information on the violations reportedly committed by the LC5 Farm and Resort in Romana Estate, Barangay Mabuhay, and other circumstances surrounding the incident.
She said they received initial reports through the media regarding the alleged mass gathering, which was in violation of the measures set under the prevailing general community quarantine (GCQ) in the city.
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Philippine General Hospital started circulating online over the weekend.
Rheumatologist Dr.
Geraldine Zamora, who is also an alumni of the University of the Philippines, cautioned the public online from interacting or donating to these dubious individuals online.
“Guys, this is the officially sanctioned call for emergency donations from PGH due to the fire today,” Zamora said.
“Please be wary about possibly altered account numbers on this poster since that has happened in the recent past. Thank you,” she added.
Zamora also attached and shared screenshots of the two “call for donation” posts of PGH in a Twitter thread on May 16.
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Doctors disproved misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines amid the proliferation of online rumors that discourage the public from getting inoculated.
With the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccine this month, the fear of vaccination still runs high among Filipinos online due to trust issues with the country’s health system and other misleading information online.
So far, the vaccines developed by
Pfizer-BioNTech, which boasts a 95% efficacy rate, and by Oxford-
AstraZeneca, which has 70% efficacy rate on average, are the ones approved for emergency use by the country’s
Food and Drug Administration.