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DOH CHD - BICOL CONFIRMS THREE COVID-19 CASES IN THE REGION
Press Release, March 27, 2020, 7pm
The Department of Health Center for Health Development (DOH CHD) - Bicol breaks its COVID –Free status with the confirmation of the first three COVID cases in the Region.
Two of the cases were admitted at the Bicol Regional and Training Hospital (BRTTH) while one case was admitted at the Bicol Medical Center (BMC).
Per DOH Tracker, PH 765 is a 50-year old male while PH 766 1 is a 53-year old male both admitted at the BRTTH. PH763 is a 48 –year old female admitted at the BMC. No other details have been provided.
The DOH CHD-Bicol is validating the said cases and will coordinate closely with the Hospitals and the Local Government Units concerned for the contact tracing of those who had exposure or had a close contact with the said patients.
Dr. Ernie V. Vera, Regional Director of the DOH CHD – Bicol assures the public that strict infection control measures are installed at the said hospitals hence the safety of its health workers is secured.
He calls on the public to strictly follow all precautionary measures and stay home. CHD Bicol calls for cooperation of everyone to contain the spread of COVID 19 in the Bicol Region. Likewise, please refrain from spreading unverified information to avoid panic and fear. Additional information shall be provided as soon as available.
The Bicol Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases releases a resolution on the proliferation of unverified news on COVID-19 or the stern warning on publicizing COVID-19 news or updates which came from illegitimate, questionable, unreliable, and unauthorized sources.
Under resolution no. 4, the sole valid source of COVID-19 information and updates is the Department of Health. In this regard, all information to be relayed by the local chief executives should be based on, and must come from the DOH and other competent agencies to ensure its accuracy, and in order to avoid public anxiety and panic.
In holding press conferences or briefings, Local Chief Executives must also be accompanied by local DOH officials or respectable resource persons and other key personalities to provide accurate, relevant and timely updates on issues, and to dispel rumors, fake news, misinformation and disinformation about the virus and accompanying concerns.
The public is also warned about posting or spreading unverified and untrue information or update on COVID-19 when its authenticity was not assured prior to publication. By posting such, you will be subjected to appropriate action, both criminal and administrative.
The Bicol IATF calls on everyone to be a responsible Bicolano. Learn to verify information before posting, and learn to think before you click!
Attached here is the RESOLUTION NO 4. PROLIFERATION OF UNVERIFIED NEWS ON COVID 19 for everyone's information.
Approved at the Bicol IATF meeting, March 26, 2020.
Papan-o naipapasa an virus na COVID-19?
Ano an pinaka-epektibo na proteksyon kontra COVID-19?
Aramon sa mga information cards na ini!
Sarong paguirumdon hale sa Department of Health-Bicol katabang an Bicol University College of Arts and Letters
(A Bicol-Sorsogon Translation)
Credits:
Prof. Julius Caesar Martinez
Simon Hapi (Translation) and Jurmae Niverba (Graphics)
DOH CHD – Bicol Regional Director Dr. Ernie V. Vera, together with Dr. Jannish Alcala-Arellano, and Mr. Norberto Balane Jr., visited the Bicol Regional Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory (BRDRL) today to personally check the facilities and equipment that will be used for COVID-19 testing.
Continuous preparation is currently being done to ensure the safety of the medical technologists, and technical staff who will be working at the COVID-19 testing laboratory. Proper isolation of facilities for COVID-19 is appropriately managed so that other laboratories in BRDRL such as blood services, TB testing, dengue laboratory, and others shall still operate.
Guidelines are being prepared as to how the testing will be conducted. DOH CHD – Bicol is fast tracking preparations so we can start operations once the structures are ready, guidelines prepared, staff trained, testing kits complete and the necessary ppes to protect our health workers and supplies are available.
The preparation for BRDRL to be a subnational laboratory is critical for both the facility and the staff due to a fact that highly contagious samples are involved in testing that is why it is being managed carefully.
Dr. Alan Lucañas and Ms. Maria Cecilia Pan guided RD Vera, Dr. Arellano and Mr. Balane during the facility visit.
COVID-19 facilities were also blessed today by Fr. Francis Binaya.
As of 12NN today (March 26, 2020), the Department of Health reports 71 new cases (PH637-PH707) of COVID-19 which brings the total number of cases in the country to 707.
Bicol Region as of March 26, 2020 (5PM) has no confirmed case of COVID-19. Thirty-seven (37) PUIS in Bicol test negative for COVID-19 while 22 are awaiting results from RITM. Based on DILG RO V Sitrep as of March 26, 2020 (12nn), Bicol Region has 117,431 Persons Under Monitoring.
DOH CHD - Bicol would also like to clear that the PCOO map shows the confirmed cases PER LISTED RESIDENCE. The one case indicated in Camarines Sur is PH26 who is among the Filipinos repatriated in MV Diamond Princess Cruise Ship in Japan. He was not in Camarines Sur when he tested positive for COVID-19. He was admitted in JBLMRH in Pampanga, as was discharged after recovering from COVID-19.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
ERNIE V. VERA, MD, MPH, CHA, CESO IV
Director IV
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