The medical personnel assigned at the provincial government's new molecular laboratory in Barangay Irawan, Puerto Princesa City has passed the proficiency test for SARS-CoV...
This week, Puerto Princesa City proclaimed itself COVID-free. Palawan towns, including Calamian Islands Group and Cuyo that had also surged in local transmission cases, also started to trim their numbers. To date, only 48 active cases remained throughout the province out of a total of 458 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with only four recorded deaths and 364 recoveries.
This developed as pending swab tests in Coron continued to pile up following a recent surge in the number of confirmed cases in the town and the contact tracing efforts of local health authorities.
Alvarez made the pronouncement prior to a statement issued by Malacanang withdrawing the removal of quarantine restrictions on the province and placing the so-called low risk under a new category, Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
The son accompanied his mother in an ambulance last April 12 to Puerto Princesa. The patient, who had difficulty breathing, went into a comatose state on the same day and passed away on April 15. She was cremated on April 16. All medical and cremation expenses were covered by the government.
While President Rodrigo Duterte announced Friday the easing of ECQ in provinces like Palawan which have only a small number of COVID-19 cases, the DOH pointed out that there has yet to be mass testing in the province crucial to fighting the virus.
Health regional director Dr. Mario Baquilod in a virtual press conference on Friday evening said that the health department will help the local government units (LGU) in “augmenting their resources” to enable the COVID-19 mass testing in MIMAROPA.
Geraldine Perez, health education and promotion officer of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH), said Wednesday that patient classification is also being revamped in compliance with the central office’s directive on case reporting.
