Mayor Josefina Belmonte fashioned
Mayor Josefina Belmonte fashioned a assignment force to monitor and cope with cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute breathing ailment (2019-nCoVARD) in Quezon City in accordance with a directive with the aid of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.Belmonte stated the task force consists of the QC Health Department (QCHD), Public Affairs and Information Services Department, Barangay and Community Relations Department and the Solid Waste Management Department, amongst others.“Mabuti nang handa kaysa bigla na lang tayong mabulaga ng mga kaso ng coronavirus sa ating siyudad (It is higher to be prepared than be amazed via the [possible] cases in the city),” said Belmonte.
Three neighborhood hospitals — Quezon City Medical Center, Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital and Novaliches District Hospital — had been also included within the venture force.
“Sisikapin ng iba-ibang departamento na mapigil ang pagpasok ng nCoV sa ating siyudad, ngunit handa rin silang umaksiyon laban dito kung kinakailangan (These departments will work tough to combat in opposition to the emergence of nCoV in our city, however they're also geared up to behave if wished),” she brought.
Meanwhile, Belmonte slammed the spread of faux news on line, claiming cases of nCoV in the city.
“We have to call those circulating on line reports as fake news. As of now, no person in Quezon City has been tested tremendous for [the] novel coronavirus,” she stated.
But Belmonte confirmed that a Filipino couple, with a travel history to China as a part of their paintings as seafarers, went to the Diliman Doctors Hospital (DDH) because of returned ache.
“The couple has a tour history to China so the Quezon City Health Department, DDH and the Department of Health determined to convey them to the San Lazaro Hospital for large take a look at-up, Belmonte said.
“The metropolis’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) assisted within the transfer with its workforce carrying complete protective healthy,” she brought.
QC DRRMO head Mike Marasigan stated the two did now not need to trip the ambulance in order that they used their personal automobile and had been escorted with the aid of health officials en path to San Lazaro Hospital, where they have been counseled to undergo self-quarantine for 14 days once they found no clean signs and symptoms of nCoV.
The QCHD were often monitoring the couple’s condition when you consider that, in step with Belmonte.
“Quezon City remains unfastened from novel coronavirus,” she stated.
The mayor also cautioned neighborhood citizens to follow the Health department’s recommendation on how to save you the unfold of nCoV.
These consist of common and proper handwashing, overlaying of the mouth and nostril while coughing or sneezing, washing palms after sneezing or coughing, using alcohol or sanitizer, making sure that meals is properly-cooked, and keeping a healthful lifestyle to boost immunity.
Dr. Esperanza Arias, QCHD head, has orientated medical medical doctors approximately nCoV and activated fever lanes in diverse health facilities.
“We have coordinated with [the] DRRMO regarding the transport of sufferers below research (PUIs) and could consist of coronavirus in our pre-hospital lectures and of their information force on polio,” Arias said.
Mayor Josefina Belmonte fashioned a assignment force to monitor and cope with cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute breathing ailment (2019-nCoVARD) in Quezon City in accordance with a directive with the aid of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.Belmonte stated the task force consists of the QC Health Department (QCHD), Public Affairs and Information Services Department, Barangay and Community Relations Department and the Solid Waste Management Department, amongst others.“Mabuti nang handa kaysa bigla na lang tayong mabulaga ng mga kaso ng coronavirus sa ating siyudad (It is higher to be prepared than be amazed via the [possible] cases in the city),” said Belmonte.
Three neighborhood hospitals — Quezon City Medical Center, Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital and Novaliches District Hospital — had been also included within the venture force.
“Sisikapin ng iba-ibang departamento na mapigil ang pagpasok ng nCoV sa ating siyudad, ngunit handa rin silang umaksiyon laban dito kung kinakailangan (These departments will work tough to combat in opposition to the emergence of nCoV in our city, however they're also geared up to behave if wished),” she brought.
Meanwhile, Belmonte slammed the spread of faux news on line, claiming cases of nCoV in the city.
“We have to call those circulating on line reports as fake news. As of now, no person in Quezon City has been tested tremendous for [the] novel coronavirus,” she stated.
But Belmonte confirmed that a Filipino couple, with a travel history to China as a part of their paintings as seafarers, went to the Diliman Doctors Hospital (DDH) because of returned ache.
“The couple has a tour history to China so the Quezon City Health Department, DDH and the Department of Health determined to convey them to the San Lazaro Hospital for large take a look at-up, Belmonte said.
“The metropolis’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) assisted within the transfer with its workforce carrying complete protective healthy,” she brought.
QC DRRMO head Mike Marasigan stated the two did now not need to trip the ambulance in order that they used their personal automobile and had been escorted with the aid of health officials en path to San Lazaro Hospital, where they have been counseled to undergo self-quarantine for 14 days once they found no clean signs and symptoms of nCoV.
The QCHD were often monitoring the couple’s condition when you consider that, in step with Belmonte.
“Quezon City remains unfastened from novel coronavirus,” she stated.
The mayor also cautioned neighborhood citizens to follow the Health department’s recommendation on how to save you the unfold of nCoV.
These consist of common and proper handwashing, overlaying of the mouth and nostril while coughing or sneezing, washing palms after sneezing or coughing, using alcohol or sanitizer, making sure that meals is properly-cooked, and keeping a healthful lifestyle to boost immunity.
Dr. Esperanza Arias, QCHD head, has orientated medical medical doctors approximately nCoV and activated fever lanes in diverse health facilities.
“We have coordinated with [the] DRRMO regarding the transport of sufferers below research (PUIs) and could consist of coronavirus in our pre-hospital lectures and of their information force on polio,” Arias said.
