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Press Release | 17 April 2020
The Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development informs the public that there is one additional case of COVID-19 in the Region. This brings the total COVID-19 confirmed case to five (5).
The confirmed case is a 58-year-old, female from Burauen, Leyte with a history of travel from Guam (February 2020) and arrived in Manila last March 9, 2020. She stayed in Manila for 2 days then on March 13, 2020 arrived in Burauen, Leyte via a private vehicle together with 16 individuals composed of relatives and friends. All 16 passengers are asymptomatic at the moment. Symptom of sore throat was noted by the patient on March 23 followed by fever, headache and vomiting on the following day which prompted her to seek consult at the Rural Health Unit of Burauen but was referred to EVRMC. Upon triage in the EVRMC she was classified as a Mild PUI. She was advised strict home isolation for 14 days with medication. April 6, 2020 was supposed to be the end of the isolation. However, her symptoms persisted so she continued to isolate herself. On April 8, thru the effort of the Local Government Unit she was tested positive thru Rapid Antibody-based Test (Immunologic Method) for COVID-19 and was tested again twice with the same result hence, the referral to the DOH Regional office for confirmatory testing. Last April 13, an oropharyngeal swab was taken, sample sent to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu and just yesterday the result came which is RT-PCR positive for COVD-19. She was transferred yesterday to our referral hospital for observation and management. She is the 5th Covid-19 patient detected here in Region 8. This is not a local transmission.
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Press Release / 14 April 2020
Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development received today the results from Vincente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). All eight samples are negative for COVID-19.
The negative results were from suspected cases and currently admitted in the referral hospital, provincial hospital and private hospital in the region.
As of today, there are 26 pending results from the 9th batch of samples which was sent to Vincente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) yesterday, April 13, 2020.
“Most of our suspected cases in the region are Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) cases.
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Press Release / April 7, 2020
Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development announces that out of the 35 samples sent to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu, two (2) turned-out positive for COVID-19.
The fourth confirmed case is a 56-year-old, female, from Tarangnan, Samar and the fifth confirmed case is a 32-year-old, female also from Tarangnan, Samar. Both new cases were in contact with the second confirmed case from Calbayog City.
As of this time, the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the office is in Tarangan to do the contact tracing especially those in contact with these two new confirmed cases two days prior to the appearance of their respiratory symptoms. They will also facilitate the transfer of these new confirmed cases to the referral hospital for proper management and monitoring.
To contain the spread of the virus to the nearby municipalities the Local Chief Executive is advised to strictly enforce the enhanced community quarantine. It is further encouraged that the possible contacts to come out in the open and not to be ashamed since their cooperation is of utmost importance to stop wider spread of the virus in the community.
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On March 13 this year, the University Administrative Council convened to suspend classes and order a work from home scheme for all VSU campuses amid the #COVID-19 pandemic. VSU President Edgardo E. Tulin already laid out some plans and strategic actions that will help protect the VSU community from the spread of the virus while also ensuring the welfare and providing basic needs of stranded students, frontliners and our people.
We have documented some of the initiatives that we have taken so far. Here’s a list of our humble accomplishments in our collective battle against the pandemic. We hope to add more to these interventions in the coming weeks as we prepare for the lifting of the general community quarantine order come end of April. Afterwhich, we will be starting the gargantuan preparations in securing our more than 10,000 immediate constituents as we resume classes soon.
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artment of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development will be holding its call for proposals starting on April 2020 on the following research program areas:- Mental Health
- OMICS Technology for Health
- Dengue and Other Arboviruses
- Diagnostics
- Functional Food
- Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies
- Information and Communication Technology for Health
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Health
You may access the materials, including relevant guidelines and forms in this Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h-pCqBxcA_ufKM-VdbV0WmKla76rCosA?usp=sharing
Submission of Proposals is from April 1, 2020 until April 30, 2020 only
