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The Philippines’ 82-person search and rescue contingent sent to Turkey is already busy with “Hasty Search” operations in Adiyaman, one of the areas devastated by last Monday’s strong earthquake, in the hope of finding victims under the rubble. ....
May 14, 2021 THE Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among senior citizens (Group A2 in the vaccination prioritization) in Central Visayas has improved, the Department of Health (DOH) 7 reported. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, said as of Thursday, May 13, a total of 606,444 senior citizens in the region had already registered for the Covid-19 vaccination program. This is about 30,000 more than the number of registered senior citizens on April 20, which was only 572,626, said Loreche in a press briefer on Friday, May 14. Majority of the individuals who registered for vaccination are from Cebu Province (168,832), Bohol (155,918) and Negros Oriental (128,025). Of the registered individuals, 22,499 elderly have already received the Covid-19 vaccine. ....
SunStar + March 02, 2021 In my last Monday’s column, I wrote about the conflicting results of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or swab test and the saliva test introduced by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). A Cebu City-based company employee was found positive in the saliva test, but negative in a swab test. When he volunteered to isolate himself, he was not admitted at the community isolation center of the local government unit (LGU) where he is residing. He was told that the LGU’s health officials would not acknowledge and recognize the saliva test. Yesterday, I was furnished copies of the Covid-19 conflicting results of a resident of Pinamungajan, which was opposite to the first case. The patient underwent a swab test in a private hospital last Feb. 16 and was found positive. Two days after, he underwent a saliva test of the Red Cross and was found negative. ....