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CLOSED. Beds are being prepared at the Baguio City Community Isolation Unit (BCCIU) at the Sto. Nino Hospital in this photo from 2020. Upon recommendation of the City Health Services Office, the city government decided to stop operations of all city-managed Covid-19 isolation units after two weeks without any coronavirus disease 2019 patients availing of its services. (PNA file photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The local government has decided to stopped the operation of all city-managed coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) isolation facilities as these have remained empty for the past few weeks now. Aileen Refuerzo, chief city information officer, on Friday said the Baguio City Community Isolation Unit (BCCIU) at the Sto. Nino Hospital ended its operation starting Feb. 1. She said the cessation of operations of the BCCIU was decided after the facility did not receive new admissions for Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks. The BCCIU is an isolation facility that houses more than 30
INSPECTION. A composite team from the Baguio City government inspects boarding houses in three barangays located near major universities and colleges. Several violations of safety and sanitation policies were found, posing a risk to the public's safety, especially students. (PNA photo courtesy of PIO-Baguio) BAGUIO CITY - The city government here has directed owners and operators of at least 15 boarding houses in the city to correct their violations of some safety rules found by an inspection team. Aileen Refuerzo, chief city information officer, said on the sidelines of Monday's flag raising ceremony that the joint inspection team led by Engr. Charles Carame, chief of the Health Service Office's sanitation division, relayed that several of the violations compromise the safety of the occupants. "Most of the boarding houses inspected on Sept. 11 incurred violations on safety and sanitation standards," she said. Among the violations found were lack of solid waste ma
False advertisements on social media for rooms and spaces in boarding and transient houses have been victimizing students who are returning to Baguio City for the new school term after spending two years attending online classes because of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.