JUST as the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) of the National Capital Region (NCR) plus bubble was extended for another week from April 4, Governor Amado Espino III decided to also extend the travel restrictions for all those coming from NCR+ to also another week. This was gleaned in Governor Espino’s Executive Order…
DAGUPAN City again was back near the epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic in Pangasinan when its active cases surged to 102 as of 9 p.m. on April 7, confirming previous reports on TV that it is now running out of space in its two functional isolation facilities and the third still not functioning….
THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan further soared to 711 as 106 more new cases, the second biggest single day surge in the province since the contagion began more than a year ago, were registered as of 6:00 p.m. on April 8. The number was 211 cases bigger…
PANGASINAN BED OCCUPANCY, 80% THE bed occupancy for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in the Ilocos Region is still manageable amid the rising cases of the virus. In an interview Wednesday, Department of Health Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1) spokesperson Dr. Rheuel Bobis said the bed occupancy…
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS STEP IN HEALTH experts recommended the delay in the implementation of the dry run for the limited face to face classes at the Salisay Elementary School in Dagupan City because the area is still seeing moderate risk with COVID-19. The recommendation was made by epidemiologists from the Region 1 Medical Center…
FIRE VICTIMS GIVEN A CHOICE – A mother, accompanied by her daughters, rummages through donated clothes, and also given a choice to pick up sacks of cement bags to help reconstruct their homes, Courtesy of Filco Merchandising. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) called for a closed coordination between public and private hospitals and the Dagupan City government amid reports of continuously soaring COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR+) and are finding themselves admitted in Dagupan and Pangasinan. The call was made by Councilor Michael Fernandez, the…
THE Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City assured that it will continue to cater to poor patients including those turned away by private hospitals during the pandemic. This was assured by Dr. Arnel Gazmen, chief of clinics of R1MC, as he revealed that the hospital continues to serve poor patients or…
THERE were already 15,747 medical frontliners in Pangasinan that have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines. This was revealed by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, in an interview. She said these persons were included in the priority eligible population, namely priority groups A 1.1, and A 1.2, said de…
THE spread of misinformation on social media remains to be a challenge to the government’s vaccination program, reason why some are still hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccines. DOH-CHD 1 spokesperson Dr. Rheuel Bobis said among the worst fake news he saw was a person might become a zombie one…
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