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Bulacan
reverts to
MECQ
By Carlo Datu
One Hospital
Command Center
By Jerome Carlo R. Paunan
CALOOCAN CITY, AUG. 6
(PIA) -- The government
on Thursday launched the
round-the-clock “One
Hospital” Command Center
in Makati City leading
to a more resilient and
responsive healthcare system
in Metro Manila amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The Inter-Agency Task Force
on Emerging Infectious
Diseases (IATF) member
agencies and the Metropolitan
Manila Development
Authority (MMDA) led the
launch of the centralized
hub linking all hospitals
and health care facilities in
the National Capital Region
helping streamline and
Sen. Go urges
educators to
new norm of
education
PIA - Senator Christopher
“Bong” Go urged the
education sector to carefully
consider the use of online
platforms in facilitating
education in the country and
ensure that the burden that
may result from the transition
will not be passed on
to students.
During a Senate hearing of
boost coordination of care
across hospital systems and
expand patient access to
timely treatment.
The launching, held at
the MMDA Gymnasium in
Guadalupe, was attended by
MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim,
DOH Secretary Francisco
Duque III, DILG Secretary
Senator Bong Go
the Committee on Higher,
Technical, and Vocational
Education, Go noted the
consequences of the pandemic
on education and expressed
the need to look not only in
the government’s capability
to adjust to these challenges
but also the students’
Eduardo Año, IATF-EID
Chief Implementer Secretary
Carlito Galvez Jr., Defense
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana,
Deputy Chief Implementer of
the IATF’s National Action
Plan Against COVID-19 and
BCDA president Vince Dizon,
and Health Undersecretary
Leopoldo Vega.
capability to respond to the
new norm of education –
the online platform. While
the government offers free
education in many state
colleges and other vocational
schools, Go lamented that
many students are facing
issues other than tuition fees
that are intensified further
due to the adverse socioeconomic
impact of the
ongoing pandemic.
Go urged concerned agencies
to take these issues in
consideration while trying
to ensure that education
continues despite the
health crisis.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO,
Pampanga, Aug.4 (PIA)
-- Department of Health
(DOH) reiterated the safety
protocols to prevent the
spread of COVID-19 as
Bulacan reverts to Modified
Enhanced
Quarantine (MECQ).
MANILA – Department of
National Defense (DND)
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana
said the government plans
to construct “One Hospital
Command Centers” in
different regions as part
of response efforts to the
coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) pandemic.
Community
“Constant observance of
safety protocols such as the
use of facemask when going
out, frequent sanitation and
hand hygiene, avoid touching
surfaces and face, keeping safe
distance of at least one meter
apart, foregoing of nonessential
travels, and staying
at home as much as possible
can help prevent everyone
from acquiring the virus,”
DOH Regional Director Cesar
Regional
“One Hospital
Command
Centers” in
the offing
By PNA
“At sa susunod na mga araw
siguro, magtatayo din tayo
ng ganitong ‘One Hospital
Command Center(s)’ sa ibaibang
region. Layunin nitong
pangasiwaan ang mga ospital
pati na ‘yung mga treatment
DOH Regional Director Cesar Cassion
Cassion said.
Moreover, keeping one’s self
healthy and strong by having
a well-balanced diet, physical
activities, and having enough
rest and sleep can spare each
one from being infected.
Per Resolution No. 60-A of the
Inter-Agency Task Force for
the Management of Emerging
Infectious Diseases, other
areas in Central Luzon namely
Aurora, Bataan, Nueva Ecija,
Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales,
Angeles City and Olongapo
City will remain under
Modified General Community
Quarantine from August 1-15.
As of August 3, the region has
2,384 confirmed cases.
Sec. Delfin Lorenzana, DND
centers (In the coming days
possible, we will set-up ‘One
Hospital Command Center(s)’
in different regions. Its goal
is to manage the hospitals
and treatment centers),”
Lorenzana said at the launch
of the Covid-19 Command
Center in Makati City
on Thursday.
Lorenzana, also chairperson
of the National Task Force
on Covid-19, said this
came following reports
that some hospitals are no
longer accepting Covid-19
patients as they have reached
full capacity.
Gov. to increase isolation facilities
MANILA – The government
will increase the number
of isolation facilities for
individuals infected with the
coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) as Metro Manila
and four other provinces
in Central Luzon and
Calabarzon were again placed
under modified enhanced
community quarantine,
National Policy Against
Covid-19 Deputy Chief
Implementer Vivencio
Dizon said.
“Our plan for the next two
weeks is to further intensify
the tracing and isolation. In
that way, we will be able to
slow down the increase in
number of Covid-19 cases,”
Dizon said at the launch of the
Covid-19 Command Center in
Makati City on Thursday.
The task force dealing with
the pandemic will boost the
present 1,700 hotel rooms that
serve as isolation facilities to
3,000 this month, he said,
noting that 1,400 of the 1,700
isolation rooms in partner
hotels are occupied.
Dizon, who is also the
country’s testing czar, said
more than 1,000 individuals
Vivencio Dizon
from the National Capital
Region (NCR) and Calabarzon
were put in isolation facilities
in the past two weeks.
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Agham
ang susi sa
pagtugon sa
malnutrisyon
sa bansa –
Nograles
ANG bagong pag-aaral ay
nagsasabing tatlong tahanan
sa Pilipinas ang hindi
kayang bumili ng angkop na
pagkaing sapat para sa mga
CabSec Karlo Nograles
pinapalawak ng pamahalaan
ang pagtugon sa mga hamong
dala ng Covid-19 pandemic.
Secretary Karlo Nograles
at saka sinabing ginagamit
ng gobyerno ang agham at
teknolohiya upang punan ang
kakulangan sa nutrisyon ng
maraming Pilipino.
Sinabi ni Nograles na ang
Food and Nutrition Research
Institute (FNRI) ay gumawa
ng mga bagong formulation
ng mga sangkap upang
makalikha ng isang Enhanced
Nutribun na mas masarap at
mas nakapagpapalusog.
Ang pagbuo ng enhanced
mga inilabas na alituntunin
ng Department of Social
Welfare and Development
(DSWD) at Department of
Education (DepEd) ukol
sa supplementary feeding
programs, maging sa family
food packs sa panahon ng
community quarantine
o iba pang mga katulad
na sitwasyon.
Ikinalulungkot ni Nograles
na ang pagbaba ng kita “ay
mangangahulugan na ang
mga pamilya ay kailangang
makahanap ng mga paraan
mga pangangailangan, at
sa ganitong pagkakataon ay
marami ang minamarapat na
magbawas ng kanilang mga
budget sa pagkain.”
“Hindi lamang ang dami
ng kanilang food intake
ang apektado, ngunit ang
kalidad ng pagkain na
kanilang kinokonsumo. Sa
ganitong sitwasyon, ang
mga bata ang nagdurusa
dahil ang malnutrisyon at
undernutrition ay maaaring
makaapekto sa paglaki ng
bata,” paalala ng dating
kailangang nutrisyon. Kaya
Ito ang pahayag ni Cabinet
nutribun ay naaayon sa
upang matugunan ang ibang
mambabatas mula sa Davao.
24/7 ‘One Hospital’ Command Center launched
The One Hospital Command
Center is expected to establish
links among healthcare
stakeholders and provide
real-time situational
awareness on hospital
capacity and availability of
medical personnel especially
during this time of public
health emergency.
Dating gusali ng CALABARZON
Regional Government Center,
gagawing ‘Isolation Facility’
“Launching of One Hospital
Command Center is timely
and the system will help
government to efficiently
oversee
coordination,
referral of patients across
health facilities and ensure
to have enough hospital beds
for moderate and severe
COVID-19 cases,” Galvez said.
Galvez said part of the NTF’s
fund would be allocated
for the operations of the
command center.
“Malaki ang magagawa ng
command center, upang
maiwasan na tumaas pa ang
fatality rate na kung saan ay
ipatutupad ang sistema para
sa mabilis na paghihiwalay ng
mga COVID patients, na nasa
kategoryang asymptomatic at
mild,” he added.
For his part, Duque said the
boost in coordination would
help hospitals avoid reaching
their critical capacities.
“Sa pamamagitan ng One
Hospital Command ay
maiiwasan din ang pagkapuno
ng mga ospital,” he said.
On the other hand, Treatment
Czar Vega thanked everyone
who chipped in terms of
resources and efforts to make
sure that the One Hospital
Command Center will be
running smoothly.
“The team will learn from
their efforts from this
launching on how best they
can improve services for
coordinated care,” Vega said.
The One Hospital Command
Center will also join into
a unified system, the two
command hubs of both the
DOH and the NTF.
To recall, the One Hospital
concept was formed last
month amid some tertiary
hospitals reaching critical
bed capacity due to a surge in
COVID-19 cases. (PIA NCR)
Source: CALABARZON Regional Government Center Facebook page
LUNGSOD NG CALAMBA,
Laguna, Agosto 5 (PIA)
--Iminungkahi ni Calamba
City Mayor Justin SB Chip eco
sa mga kinatawan ng National
Task Force (NTF)
Against COVID-19 na gawing
isolation facility ang gusali
ng dating CALABARZON
Regional Government Center
sa Barangay Mapagong, sa
lungsod na ito.
Ayon kay Mayor Chipeco, sa
ngayon, ito ay isang building
lamang na nakatiwangwang at
kailangan lamang ayusin ang
access road upang magamit
bilang isolation facility.
Agad naman itong inaksyonan
ni BCDA Pres. & CEO Sec.
Vivencio Dizon at tinawagan
ang may ari ng lupa na
kinatitirikan ng gusali at
pumayag na gawin itong
isolation facility na ikinatuwa
naman ni Mayor Chipeco.
Sinabi ni Sec. Dizon na
kapag naipaayos ang gusali,
hanggang 500+ isolation beds
ang maaaring ilagay dito.
Tiniyak din ni Dizon sa
pamahalaang panlalawigan
lalo-lalo na sa mga
punonglungsod ng limang
syudad sa Laguna na may
pinakamaraming kaso ng
COVID-19 na hindi sila
pababayaan ng NTF.
PH, Southeast
Asia’s top
spot in testing
capacity
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region, having tested more
unique individuals than
its economically advanced
neighbors, the Department of
Health (DOH) has reported.
As of August 4, the country
has 99 licensed testing
laboratories and has
said in a news release issued
on Thursday.
This is significantly higher
than Indonesia, which has
tested about 908,000 over the
same period, or an average of
14,291 tests per day, according
to Our World in Data.
MANILA -- The Philippines
conducted a total of 1,643,539
The Philippines’ total number
has taken the top spot in
tests, or an average of 28,938
of tests conducted relative
terms of testing capacity in
the entire Southeast Asian
tests per day, in the past
seven days, the department
to its population size is 1.5
percent, according to the DOH.
Source: Our World in Data
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