A total of 21 PUIs were cleared as of Monday (3 p.m., April 13) by the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) including one doctor from Ospital Ng Palawan who tested negative for the deadly infection.
Palawan recorded a total of 38 persons under investigation (PUI) compared to yesterday’s 46, while Oriental Mindoro reported its 6th confirmed COVID-19 patient based on the latest bulletin of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH).
In a pre-recorded video message aired Sunday, Bayron pointed out that Puerto Princesa City remained COVID-free after the lone COVID-positive patient left the province during the last commercial flight on March 17, and laid down city plans for its “prevention and containment”.
The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH), in a bulletin on Thursday (as of 3 p.m., April 9), showed that eight PUIs were cleared, after completing the required 14-day home quarantine period without showing any symptoms.
Geraldine Perez, health education and promotion officer of Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH), said Wednesday evening that the PUI patients were cleared after they completed their 14-day quarantine period without showing any symptoms.
They agreed to forgo their salaries for the month of April in the spirit of "Bayanihan" to the provincial government's efforts in setting up a laboratory testing center and in equipping hospitals with medical supplies to manage patients who might be manifesting symptoms in relation to the coronavirus disease.
Mayor Lucilo Bayron, in Executive Order (EO) No. 2020-17 issued on Monday, said that violators, who are of legal age, will be “recommended for prosecution”.
This, after undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the health department’s COVID-tracker, which is the main source of information on the latest figures, “suffered from technical issues”.
