Health

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (September 17)—Mayor Ralph Lantion here has ordered a mandatory coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) swabbing for all vendors of this town's public market as part of its efforts to prevent and contain the transmission of the virus. On Wednesday, Lantion issued Executive Order No. 34 Series of 2020 also ordering a five-day closure of the public market to pave the way for the swabbing among vendors. "There is a rising Covid-19 case in the municipality and a considerable number of those infected are market vendors. Precautionary measures therefore must be done to prevent the spread of the disease," he said. The temporary closure of the public market will be on September 18-22 and vendors will only be allowed to sell inside the pu...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya—Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Nueva Vizcaya surged close to 200 on Sunday with the addition of 25 on Saturday and 19 on Sunday new cases, according to the Provincial Integrated Health Office (PIHO). Dr. Edwin Galapon, PIHO chief, said the new cases bring the province of Nueva Vizcaya’s total Covid-19 recorded cases to 186 including six deaths since the outbreak in mid-March of which 145 are active cases. According to the PIHO, of the 145 active cases, 105 are from Solano town, 20 from Bayombong, six from Quezon, five from Bagabag, five from Dupax del Sur, and one case each in Bambang, Villaverde, Aritao, and Santa Fe. There were no confirmed cases in the towns of Diadi, Ambaguio, Dupax del Norte, Alfonso Castañeda, Ka...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (September 5)—Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has claimed another fatality, bringing the death toll in this province to six. Dr. Edwin Galapon, Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief, confirmed the latest fatality as CV 854, a 50-year-old male from Purok 2, Lactawan, Solano town. He said CV 854 died yesterday at 3.35 p.m. at the Region 2 Trauma and Medical Center (R2TMC) with severe pneumonia. Galapon also announced that 25 new cases came in today bringing the total active cases in the province to 126 active cases as of posting. "Our deepest condolences to the bereaved family. Again, we are reiterating everyone to practice minimum health protocols to prevent infection of this deadly virus," he warned. The new case...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 26)—Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has already claimed three lives in this province since the outbreak in mid-March, health officials said. "We now have three mortalities. The first was in Solano town and the latest two deaths came from Dupax del Norte and Bayombong towns," Dr. Edwin Galapon, Provincial Covid-19 Task Force chief. Galapon said the latest Covid-19 death was CV572 from Barangay (village) Don Mariano Marcos in Bayombong town with 36 active Covid-19 cases in the province as of August 26. John Tugadi, Department of Health (DOH) provincial coordinator, said from March to August 26, the province has recorded 57 cases. He said from these active cases, seven were asymptomatic, 11 mild status, two severe...

OPLAN AWID. The Nueva Vizcaya provincial government's OPLAN Awid Kontra Covid has brought home 1,069 Locally Stranded Individuals since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the country in mid-March. PHOTO COURTESY OF NV PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FB BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 19)—More than 1,000 locally stranded individuals (LSIs) have returned home to the province, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMC). Robert Corpuz, Nueva Vizcaya PDRRMO chief, said the provincial government has already brought home a total of 1,068 LSIs in the 15 municipalities of the province during the recent Provincial Covid-19 Task Force meeting at the Pasalubong Center in this town. Corpuz said the LSIs were brought home t...