COVID-19 UPDATE. As of March 13, 2020: BRAVE AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTH WORKERS
DOH-10 Regional Director Dr. Adriano Suba-an appealed to the public to support the city and region’s health workers whom he described as ‘brave and compassionate’ frontliners in the government’s campaign to contain COVID-19 and help infected patients make full recovery.
‘We have to protect them (health workers), we have to support them...our office had deployed surveillance teams that are conducting extensive information gathering and contact tracing (on suspected COVID-19 cases)...if there will be people left standing, it is our health workers,’ Suba-an told local media on Friday, March 13, 2020.
COVID-19 UPDATE. As of March 13, 2020: CALLS FOR PATRIOTISM AMID COVID-19
"This now calls for patriotism…ang imong attachment sa community. Do you want the community to rise up from this difficult situation or do you want to save yourself? This demands sacrifice from all of us. Ang sakripisyo sa katawhan is to do preventive measures…maglikay lang"- said Mayor Oscar Moreno in a press briefing at Mayor’s office, Friday, March 13, 2020.
COVID-19 UPDATE (As of March 13, 2020). “The condition of the patient is getting worse”
COVID-19 UPDATE (As of March 13, 2020). “The condition of the patient is getting worse”, cautiously said Northern Mindanao Medical Center chief of hospital Dr. Jose Chan, referring to a confined person who is tested positive for COVID-19.
Dr. Chan stressed that additional isolation rooms will be available at NMMC, if the number of Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) rises.
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COVID-19 UPDATE. As of March 13, 202: 25 Persons Under Investigation (PUIs)
As of March 13, 2020, a total of 25 Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) have been recorded from January 22 to date in Northern Mindanao, 4 of whom are currently admitted at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC), 1 was tested positive, 3 were reclassified as severe acute respiratory infection and 18 were tested negative and discharged, according to DOH-10 regional director Dr. Adriano Suba-an.
SCHOOL DISCRETION IN ITS GRADUATION CEREMONY
“I will leave to the sound discretion of school authorities on whether or not to hold graduation ceremonies”, Mayor Oscar Moreno told mediamen during press conference on Thursday, March 12 at Pearlmont Hotel where authorities officially declared one confirmed case of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Cagayan de Oro City.
If school authorities push through, Mayor Moreno said the city government is volunteering to deploy response teams composed of personnel from the City Health Office, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department, Barangay Health Workers and Barangay Nutrition Scholars who will handle preventive measures such as non-contact temperature scanning, hand sanitizing and others.
(Ian Fuentes/photo by Wowel Condeza/CIO)
DOH PUTS ON HOLD CLASS SUSPENSION
The Department of Health 10 is not yet recommending the suspension of classes after authorities officially declared one confirmed case of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) here in Cagayan de Oro City.
DOH-10 regional director Dr. Adrian Suba-an said that suspension of classes is not yet included in their latest advisory.
“The suspension of classes is not yet part of our advisory as of this moment”, Dr. Suba-an told mediamen during press conference on Thursday, March 12 at Pearlmont Hotel.
For his part, Mayor Oscar Moreno said he will only declare the suspension of classes upon the recommendation of the DOH.
“Unless the health authorities tell me that (suspension), then I will not declare. Mag-agad ako sa health authorities ana”, Mayor Moreno clarified.
“We need to have a good balance, and we can’t afford to be reckless”, Mayor Moreno explained, saying that he is closely following guidelines from the Department of Health, Department of Education and Department of Interior and Local Government in relation to COVID-19.
(Ian Fuentes/photo by Wowel Condeza/CIO)