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MAASIN CITY, Oct. 23 (PIA) -- The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic rampaging in this city is contagious, infectious, but it is mild, and can even be fought back with a physical body shielded by a strong immune system, according to Dr. Francilisa Tan, city health officer.
To illustrate her point, Dr. Tan said there are families turning out positive in recent days, but there is one member that turned out negative of the virus after undergoing the RT-PCR tests.
Dr. Tan was speaking as a resource person in the family development session (FDS), a monthly activity of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) Wednesday, Oct. 21, using the media forum/Kapihan sa PIA portal carried through livestream feed at the PIA Southern Leyte FB Page, with replay at radio station DYDM on Friday.
Risa Basalio, 4Ps provincial link, and Michelle Sabandal, 4Ps grievance officer, had forged an arrangement with PIA Infocen Manager Erna Gorne for the monthly FDS to have an alternate venue so their members can still listen -- and watch if they have gadgets -- in order to avoid the face-to-face gathering with the current surge in the number of confirmed cases in the city.
Aside from Dr. Tan, the maiden FDS on-air and FB live streaming also had a parent leader, Eufemia Cupas of barangay Combado, as guest, with Basalio and Sabandal acting as hosts.
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The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium, in coordination with the Department of Health RO 8 and Department of Science and Technology RO8, announces the conduct of the CY 2020 Virtual Regional Health Research Symposium on October 29-30, 2020 via Zoom Online Conference.
Guided by this year’s theme, “Research and Innovation for Accessible, Equitable, and High-Quality Health Solutions amidst Global Health Crises”, the RHRS aims to disseminate the research outputs to different stakeholders in the region. It also aims to incentivize health researchers from the consortium’s member institutions and to encourage the conduct of more researches related to health by giving away cash prizes to the winners of the Poster Exhibit and Oral Presentation Contests.
Twenty-four (24) shortlisted health researches under the Professional and Student categories will be highlighted during the two-day activity, with the first day being the schedule for the Poster Exhibit and the second day for the Oral presentation. Some of the areas studied in the shortlisted health researches include Health Service Delivery; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Communicable Diseases; Mental Health; and Filipino Traditional and Complementary Medicine, among others.
The RHRS Planning Committee, spearheaded by the EVHRDC-Research Utilization Committee together with the four different EVHRDC Committees and the Secretariat has intensified its preparations for this event considering that this is the first time it will be conducted virtually.
Around 200 participants are expected to attend this year’s virtual RHRS coming from the 31-member institutions of the consortium all over the region.
For more details and inquiries, please email the EVHRDC Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 0917-304-3335.
Prepared by:
JEAN GAY O. RAGUB (SGD)
EVHRDC Coordinator
Noted by:
ERNESTO M. GRANADA (SGD)
Co-Chair, EVHRDC Executive Committee and
Regional Director, DOST 8
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TACLOBAN CITY, Sept. 17 (PIA) -- The Tacloban City Environment Office has reminded the public to dispose infectious wastes properly, to avoid the spread of diseases.
City Environment Officer Jonathan Hijada in his facebook message, said that these type of wastes which are also known as special wastes such as masks, gloves and other equipment, were used to prevent the transmission of diseases. These then must be disposed separately as these may possibly be the source of contagion and could be harmful to the public.
“We have to be mindful in segregating our garbage. These kind of infectious wastes must be separated from the ordinary wastes. They must be properly enclosed and labeled, as these may pose risk of transmitting the disease, particularly the Covid-19 which is highly contagious,” Hijada said.
He added, “There is a special management for this type of garbage especially those coming from the Covid isolation facilities. They are being separated and are not allowed for collection by ordinary garbage collectors.”
The city official also said that the office has placed three big garbage bins in the designated isolation centers, and these were labeled with tarpaulin so as to guide the collectors as to where these must be temporarily deposited.
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TACLOBAN CITY, September 22 (PIA) -- Secretary Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) congratulated Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez for the city’s notable efforts in the fight against Covid-19 during the September 21 episode of Laging Handa Network Briefing.
According to Secretary Andanar, Tacloban has seen a sharp decline in the number of daily confirmed Covid-19 cases from the first week of September up to the present.
“Aside from placing the city under the General Community Quarantine status from September 1-30, we have also noticed the good practices implemented in the city such as the utilization of hotels as isolation centers, the implementation of the Tacloban Safe City Application using the QR codes, and the empowering of barangay officials through the establishment of the Hyper Local Measures Kontra Covid,” Secretary Andanar said.
Grateful for the acknowledgement, Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez said during the program that hotels are suitable for isolation as these are complete with the needed facilities. According to him, this is also a sort of hitting two birds with one stone, considering the use of the entire hotel at a very large discount for isolating Covid-probabale individuals, and at the same time helping the business community.
“When certain individuals have been determined by the contact tracers to be close contacts of a Covid positive patient, we immediately isolate them. We just do the swabbing at the hotel and once tested negative, we send them home. For those with positive results, the quarantine continues,” the Mayor said.
On the QR Code policy, Mayor Romualdez said that Tacloban, being the capital city of the region, this system has been a big help in identifying and monitoring the movements of the people in the city. The QR Code bearing the name and address of the person, is a mandatory requirement before being entertained in any business establishment. He also said that this is the best way of controlling people because when a person is an LSI or has just came from a place under ECQ, the code automatically signals alarm, hence, an immediate attention is given.
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The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) in its commitment to promote and empower health research activities in Region 8, will be conducting its 2020 Regional Health Research Symposium (RHRS) to be held on October 29-30, 2020 via Zoom. This year, the symposium is anchored with the theme "Research & Innovation for Accessible, Equitable, & High Quality Health Solutions amidst Global Health Crisis". Among the highlights of the activity are the region-wide contest for Oral Research Paper Presentations and Poster Exhibits both in professional and undergraduate categories where modest amount of cash prizes will be given to the winners.
The submission of electronic copies of papers is extended to September 18, 2020, kindly send your entries at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the preliminary evaluation and judging.
