BETTER treatment management was cited as among the main reasons why Pangasinan has registered a high recovery rate for COVID-19 patients, which has risen to 23 as of April 23. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna de Guzman attributed it to the provincial team fighting the COVID-19’s efforts in developing a…
THE provincial government assured residents there is no reason to be alarmed over reported 228 cases of Patients Under Investigations (PUIs) or suspects in Pangasinan. The Provincial Information Office (PIO) said out of the 228 suspected cases 162 (72%) have recovered, 23 (10%) remain confined in various hospitals and only…
BGHMC IN BAGUIO, ONLY TESTING CENTER REGION 1 can have as many as four COVID-19 testing centers if only the Department of Health looks into available and qualified facilities in the region. This was the view expressed by Dr. Roland Joseph Mejia, director of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC)…
CAPITOL NEWS GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III personally led the deployment of the relief distribution at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center. This time, the provincial government distributed the reliefs directly to every barangay through the municipal and city government units. On April 23, nine municipalities received the reliefs…
WHAT SOCIAL DISTANCING? – Lax enforcement of established protocol for Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine in Dagupan City finds families taking a breather from the summer heat by swimming at the Pantal River by the De Venecia Extension Highway in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE provincial government’s halfway house in Sta. Barbara sent home its sixth COVID-19 survivor on April 21. The sixth COVID-19 survivor, a 66-year-old female from Malasiqui stayed at the halfway since April 14 to complete her remaining quarantine period after testing negative twice at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. She received…
PANGASINAN Police warned the local officials to strictly follow the protocol of the Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) being implemented in the province or face arrest. The stern warning was issued by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, in compliance with order of PNP Chief Archie…
THE death of a San Carlos City resident with a suspected case of COVID-19 was recorded by the by government last April 18, the city’s second death case. In its Facebook post, the City Information Office said a 56-year-old woman from Barangay San Pedro Taloy was rushed to Pangasinan Provincial…
THE clergy of the Archdiocese of Lingayen- Dagupan donated to the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) one unit of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment for the detection of the COVID-19 virus. With the donated equipment, the BGHMC hopes to test an additional 360 cases daily. BGHMC is…
THE Pangasinan Contractors Association through Engr. Carlito Dion has funded the construction of the Emergency Quarantine Facility, as an extension of the Sta. Barbara Halfway House. Provincial Engineer Antonieta Delos Santos said the construction of the emergency facility is expected to be completed by this week. Provincial Health Officer Anna…
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