Baguio still ‘low risk’ in Covid infections despite tourist influx
>> Wednesday, August 24, 2022
EDITORIAL
Even with
increasing influx of travelers and tourists in Baguio, the summer capital is
still at 'low risk' status in Covid-19 infections with a positivity rate of
9.62 percent the past two weeks.
City Health Services Office (CHSO) head Dr. Rowena Galpo bared this in meeting with local officials led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong at City Hall.
She said the city has Covid-19 average daily attack rate of 6.8/100,000; two week growth rate of 54 percent (253-391); and a weekly infection rate of 1.27.
Average Covid-19 tests done in the city in the past two weeks was 290; hospital critical utilization rate was 16.09 percent (61/379) and an isolation facility bed occupancy of 16.73 percent (46/275), Galpo said.
The health official urged residents not to be complacent but to continue strictly adhering to minimum public health standards for their own protection and that of their families, friends and workmates.
These include frequent washing of hands with soap and water or alcohol; proper wearing of face mask; avoiding crowded places; practicing a healthy lifestyle and having good hygiene.
Earlier, Mayor Benjamin Magalong discouraged greeting each other with handshakes but rather use our elbows instead to minimize possible Covid-19 transmissions from one person to another.
Prevention is better than cure.
City Health Services Office (CHSO) head Dr. Rowena Galpo bared this in meeting with local officials led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong at City Hall.
She said the city has Covid-19 average daily attack rate of 6.8/100,000; two week growth rate of 54 percent (253-391); and a weekly infection rate of 1.27.
Average Covid-19 tests done in the city in the past two weeks was 290; hospital critical utilization rate was 16.09 percent (61/379) and an isolation facility bed occupancy of 16.73 percent (46/275), Galpo said.
The health official urged residents not to be complacent but to continue strictly adhering to minimum public health standards for their own protection and that of their families, friends and workmates.
These include frequent washing of hands with soap and water or alcohol; proper wearing of face mask; avoiding crowded places; practicing a healthy lifestyle and having good hygiene.
Earlier, Mayor Benjamin Magalong discouraged greeting each other with handshakes but rather use our elbows instead to minimize possible Covid-19 transmissions from one person to another.
Prevention is better than cure.
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