A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW REGION 1 was classified as one of the high-risk areas for COVID-19 in the country last August 6, after it registered six cases of the highly transmittable Delta variant, five in Ilocos Norte and one in Pangasinan. But the level of quarantine classification, in the affected…

FROM HIGH RISKS TO CRITICAL RISKS   FIFTY-four towns and cities in Region 1 earlier classified as high risk areas were elevated to critical risk areas status after 19 more high risk areas for COVID-19 were added based on an advisory dated August 3, 2021 issued by Regional Director Valeriano…

CAPITOL URGES VIGILANCE WHILE one Delta variant has been detected in Ilocos Norte as of last week, and pending results of investigations, there is still no confirmation if a local transmission of the variant has happened in Pangasinan or in any province in the region. This was affirmed by Dr….

TEN IDENTIFIED IN PANGASINAN DUE to the continuing spike of COVID-19 cases, 54 towns and cities in Region 1 were recently classified as high risk areas by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1). Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1 and spokesman of DOH-CHD…

MANDATORY USE OF BOCAUE TERMINAL THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed a resolution urging the National Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to lift the mandatory usage of the North Luzon Express Terminal (NLET) by buses plying the routes from…

689 NEW CASES, 14 DEATHS COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Pangasinan during the past one week. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) logged 689 new positive cases and 14 deaths from July 2 to 8. Only the timely recovery of 584 patients softened the impact on the provincial government’s efforts….

THREE COVID-19 VARIANTS IN R1 THREE types of COVID-19 variants were already detected in Region 1 in 43 cases. While the 43 patients have recovered, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 reported and identified during the Virtual Presser of the Philippine Information Agency Region 1 on June 28,…

SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK AS the whole nation is now on alert over the more infectious Delta variant from India, COVID-19 appears to be slowing down in Pangasinan based on statistics that show more new recoveries than new cases for the second straight week this month. This is another week of significant…

A DECLINING TREND NOTED IN PANGASINAN THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan scaled down anew on June 17 with more patients that recovered from the COVID-19 infection than the number of new cases registered over a one-week period from June 11. Based on records of the Provincial Health…

UPDATE: DAGUPAN VACCINE ROLLOUT A fresh batch of 4,000 doses arrived in the city on June 10 to the relief of the Dagupan Vaccination Team. While the city slept last week, many were unaware that the vaccination rollout for the first dose was suspended for a couple of days because…