2,375 Kalinga Covid-19 cases; 2 patients UK variant carriers
TABUK CITY,
Kalinga – The Rural Health Unit of Lubuagan town has started tracing the
contacts of two Covid-19 patients confirmed infected with B.1.1.7 United
Kingdom (UK) variant.
Kalinga recorded 2,375 positive Covid-19 cases with 96 active cases and 23 deaths as of March 14
Dr. Edward Tandingan, provincial health officer of Kalinga Monday said the two confirmed cases were both males, aged five and seven years old of Poblacion, Lubuagan.
He said the two were confirmed positive for Covid-19 on Feb. 17 and since then were under isolation.
Tandingan said based on record of the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESO), the two patients tested negative of the virus on March 3 and 8, respectively, after reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.
However, the Philippine Genome Center on Monday confirmed that the two were positive with the Covid-19 UK variant thus, Tandingan said, the RHU team is contact tracing up to the third generation contacts with technical guidance from the Dept/ of Health’s regional and provincial health offices.
In a post on the official social media page of the Kalinga provincial government, it said: “the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (PIATF) against Covid-19 has initially ordered that the patients be under strict isolation for 14 days and that all contacts and contacts of contacts be put under quarantine and be tested as appropriate.”
The provincial government also said Kalinga Gov. Ferdinand Tubban urged the Regional Health Unit and local government of Lubuagan to work together to facilitate rapid contact tracing to immediately identify those who need to be quarantined and tested so transmission of the infection can be stopped.
Tubban said the provincial government is coordinating with concerned agencies and monitoring the situation, and if necessary, come up with appropriate quarantine measures for Lubuagan.—PNA
Kalinga recorded 2,375 positive Covid-19 cases with 96 active cases and 23 deaths as of March 14
Dr. Edward Tandingan, provincial health officer of Kalinga Monday said the two confirmed cases were both males, aged five and seven years old of Poblacion, Lubuagan.
He said the two were confirmed positive for Covid-19 on Feb. 17 and since then were under isolation.
Tandingan said based on record of the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESO), the two patients tested negative of the virus on March 3 and 8, respectively, after reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.
However, the Philippine Genome Center on Monday confirmed that the two were positive with the Covid-19 UK variant thus, Tandingan said, the RHU team is contact tracing up to the third generation contacts with technical guidance from the Dept/ of Health’s regional and provincial health offices.
In a post on the official social media page of the Kalinga provincial government, it said: “the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (PIATF) against Covid-19 has initially ordered that the patients be under strict isolation for 14 days and that all contacts and contacts of contacts be put under quarantine and be tested as appropriate.”
The provincial government also said Kalinga Gov. Ferdinand Tubban urged the Regional Health Unit and local government of Lubuagan to work together to facilitate rapid contact tracing to immediately identify those who need to be quarantined and tested so transmission of the infection can be stopped.
Tubban said the provincial government is coordinating with concerned agencies and monitoring the situation, and if necessary, come up with appropriate quarantine measures for Lubuagan.—PNA
Ifugao posts highest Covid cases in a day
By Marcelo B. Lihgawon
LAMUT, Ifugao - - The province of Ifugao recorded March 22 the highest number of new confirmed cases in a day since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
The Provincial Health
Office reported total of 51new positive cases were recorded on March 22 in
municipalities Alfonso Lista with 10; Asipulo, 2; Banaue ,4; Kiangan,
1; Hingyon, 16; Lagawe, 1; Lamut ,16 and Tinoc, 1.
As of March 22, PHO
data showed Ifugao had 551 confirmed cases with 424 recovered
126 active cases and one death. A total of 730 possible
cases are also on quarantine in the different municipalities.
Contract tracing and other
anti-Covid activities are on to prevent spread or local transmission of the
virus in the community.
With the sudden surge of
cases in the past days, the health and local officials urged the
public to adhere to minimum public
health standards such as wearing
face masks and washing hands.
Local officials told
incoming residents to coordinate with municipal health offices three days
before travel for proper coordination and management particularly those who
cannot afford RT-PCR test.
Travelers/incoming
residents from places identified by the National Inter-agency Task Force as hot
areas are required to present a current negative RT-PCR test prior to travel
and entry in the province.
Meanwhile, LGUs
in the province are rolling out Covid-19 vaccination
initially for health personnel and other frontliners. -- PIA
Ifugao
225 Ilocos Sur workers get Covid; gov orders ‘shielding’
By
Leilanie Adriano
LAOAG CITY – Residents of Ilocos
Sur are restricted to go outside the province except for essential and
emergency travels only, said Gov. Ryan Luis Singson in his latest Executive
Order No. 24 issued on Tuesday afternoon.
Singson said "emergency shielding" in Ilocos Sur is aimed at curbing the fresh spike of Covid-19 in the province, affecting a total of 225 government workers who initially tested positive last Monday.
Singson said "emergency shielding" in Ilocos Sur is aimed at curbing the fresh spike of Covid-19 in the province, affecting a total of 225 government workers who initially tested positive last Monday.
"The same number
had to be isolated for RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction), thus services were compromised,” the governor added.
The order took effect
March 24 up to April 6 unless it will be lifted sooner.
During this period,
tourists will not be allowed to enter the province. Mass gatherings or up to a
maximum of 30 percent of the venue capacity is allowed while adhering to
minimum health and safety protocols such as wearing of face mask, face shield
and strict social distancing.
All residents coming
from Metro Manila and its nearby provinces of Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite and Rizal
and all other high-risk areas shall not be allowed in Ilocos Sur except for
essential travels.
As of this posting,
all local government units of Ilocos Sur have been directed to implement mass
testing in all its populated areas to contain the virus.
Based on Covid-19
data, the province’s 15 municipalities covering 40 barangays are under crucial
zones for having Covid-19 positive cases with minimum contact of 15-20
individuals for each patient.
As of March 23, Ilocos
Sur logged a total of 444 confirmed cases with 380 recoveries and four deaths.
-- PNA
7 Bambang workers get Covid; hospital vital room closed
AMBANG,
Nueva Vizcaya-- The emergency room of the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital
here was temporarily closed Monday after seven health care workers tested
positive for Covid-19.
The
provincial health office posted one case from Bambang, two from Dupax del Sur
and four from Aritao.
Rural health units and stations were advised to refer their patients to other hospitals during the lockdown.
Rural health units and stations were advised to refer their patients to other hospitals during the lockdown.
Aside
from the Nueva Vizcaya hospital, the legislative building of Quirino province
as well as the Quirino Province Medical Center were also closed temporarily
after some of their personnel tested positive for Covid-19.
Nueva Vizcaya offices closed due to Covid-19
By Benjamin Moses M. Ebreo
" We have requested a home quarantine protocol for our staff including the PPD and PDAD while waiting for the result of Covid-19 test of one of our workers," she said.
Provincial Health Officer
Dr. Edwin Galapon appealed to Novo Vizcayanos to continue in following the
minimum health protocols such as social distancing, wearing of face mask and
regular disinfection or hand washing.
He urged quarantined
persons to strictly follow the restrictions including their families to avoid
the spread of Covid-19. -- PIA Nueva Vizcaya
122 Covid patients rushed to Cagayan Valley hospital
By Raymund Catindig
TUGUEGARAO CITY — Health personnel at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) in this city are having difficulty accommodating the 122 Covid-19 patients who were brought to the hospital on March 20.
Of the 122 patients brought to the CVMC on March 20, some 93 were confirmed cases.
Of the
figure, 63 came from Cagayan, 24 from Isabela, two each from Kalinga and
Apayao, and one from Tarlac.
All were
still waiting to be admitted as of Monday evening.
CVMC chief
Glenn Mathew Baggao said the hospital’s 135-bed capacity Covid ward has been
overwhelmed since March 18.
The
hospital received at least 100 patients the night before, he said.
Baggao
appealed to health regional director Rio Magpantay to check private hospitals
that allegedly refused to accept Covid-19 patients.
He said he
was compelled to put in a room more than one Covid-19 patients who were from
the same family.
Baggao said
the hospital could not put up tents to augment their Covid ward as these do not
have toilets and other facilities needed for the patients.
Meanwhile,
103 officers and personnel of the Central Luzon police tested positive for
Covid on March 20.
Brig. Gen.
Valeriano de Leon, Central Luzon police director, said the infected officers
were put on quarantine and monitoring.
De Leon
ordered all offices and police stations in the region sanitized regularly to
prevent the spread of the virus. –
Ramon Efren Lazaro, Ric Sapnu
NE gov gets Covid; 20 Cagayan, Isabela journalists quarantined
NUEVA ECIJA Gov. Aurelio Umali confirmed in a
post on Facebook that he contracted the virus, citing the result of his swab
test, which was released on Monday. Umali
said he is on home quarantine.
This, as around 20 journalists in Cagayan and Isabela, are on quarantine after their colleagues tested positive for Covid-19 Monday.
Authorities bared this even as the mayor here of Alicia, Isabela is pushing the town to be placed under general community quarantine.
This, as around 20 journalists in Cagayan and Isabela, are on quarantine after their colleagues tested positive for Covid-19 Monday.
Authorities bared this even as the mayor here of Alicia, Isabela is pushing the town to be placed under general community quarantine.
Mayor Joel Alejandro said the number of
Covid-19 cases in their town surged, with two deaths recorded the past week.
Alejandro said 22 of the new cases are stall
owners or vendors at the public market.
He said a spike in cases was also recorded in
11 barangays, which were placed under calibrated lockdown.
Alicia had 38 active cases as of Monday.
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