AN intensified zoning containment strategy is being employed by the provincial government to slow down the spread of COVID-19 in the province. According to Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro, chief of the Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office, the strategy involves conducting aggressive contact tracing to curb COVID-19 and to establish…
THE contact-tracing for the sudden surge of COVID-19 infection in Sta. Barbara is posing a big challenge to the Provincial Health Office. This sentiment was expressed by Dr. Anna Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, after the town became the epicenter of COVID-19 in Pangasinan overnight. She said it is…
PINAKBET GARDEN — Detainees at the Pangasinan Provincial Jail and members of local media harvest eggplant, tomatoes, chili peppers, water spinach, and okra at the Lingayen plaza for distribution to families in Lingayen. The garden is part of the integrated landscape farming project of Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN COVID-19 MONITORING SEVEN persons died anew of COVID-19 in Pangasinan making the number of active cases to 335 as of 9 a.m. on October 2. A 34-year-old woman from Dagupan City with symptoms of sore throat, colds and a body malaise was diagnosed to be positive for COVID-19 and…
NEW MEASURE TO BOOST CONTACT-TRACING EFFECTIVE October 12, all visitors or returning residents from outside Pangasinan arriving in Dagupan City will be required to register with the city government. The order was issued by Mayor Brian Lim to further boost the city’s contact tracing and contain the spread of the…
SEVEN months after the imposition of different levels of community quarantine in Dasol town, the town remains the only town in Pangasinan that has not reported a single possible case of COVID-19 infection among residents. Mayor Noel Nacar said he attributes the town’s COVID-free status to the strict enforcement of…
AS of 9 p.m. on October 2, the number of towns in Pangasinan without a single active COVID-19 case now had been reduced to just seven, comprising 19 percent of the 48 towns and cities of the province. This means that 38 other towns and cities or 81 percent are…
NO NEED FOR WHITE SAND — Lingayen police personnel join other volunteers in clearing the debris of a waterway at the Lingayen Beach during the International Coastal Clean Up 2020 last September 19. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
PUBLIC commuters, drivers, and employees of both private and public offices in Pangasinan are now required to wear face shields over their face masks. This is a mandatory requirement of the Provincial Ordinance 242-2020 approved last week by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for the duration of the COVID -19 health crisis….
COVID -19 tallied its biggest single day surge yet on September 23 when 46 confirmed patients were added to the list of active cases, one case higher than the 45 new cases registered in Pangasinan more than a week earlier on September 15. But on that day too, a 71-year-old…
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