Wanted sa radyo august 26 2020
In Iloilo City, it was not just the workforce that came from surrounding provinces. The Iloilo governor said an incoming shipment of Astrazeneca, which his local government purchased, will also be given to the province’s A4 population. Since workers were the most mobile sector they also faced grave risks of infection, he added. “Sixty percent of the workforce in the city comes from the province,” Defensor said in a press briefing on Thursday, August 26. said Treñas was allowing as many persons in the A4 or essential worker category to get vaccinated. Iloilo province Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas opened five vaccination sites on August 24 for anyone who wanted a COVID-19 jab, including non-residents and those who did not have tickets. The province reported 367 new cases the city had 107.Īs the region continued to struggle with high case rates and a surge in confirmed cases of the more infectious Delta variant, local executives moved to help each other ease their hospital utilization rates and speed up the vaccination process. On August 26, active cases or patients now sick in the region were at 11,375 with Iloilo province having the biggest share, at 4,259. The hospital outbreak came as the Department of Health Western Visayas (Region) released on August 25 data showing a total of 100,054 COVID-19 cases since March 2020. Saltin said poor ventilation in some parts of the hospital, and patients in non-COVID wards later turned out to be positive contributed to the problem. Salting said a new building would soon be outfitted with cubicles to decongest the hospital’s emergency center. The hospital currently has 291 beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients. Most of them have duties in COVID-19 wards.ĭespite so many workers falling sick, Saltin said they have enough staff and have placed these on three shifts to ensure patients continued to receive proper care. All infected workers, including doctors, nurses and technicians, were fully vaccinated, he said. Of those who tested positive, 25 have been admitted as mild and moderate cases, Saltin said in an interview with Aksyon Radyo Iloilo. Ninety-one personnel of the Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City have contracted COVID-19, hospital spokesman Richard Saltin said on Thursday, August 26.