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A FEMALE doctor at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City became the third front-line doctor at the hospital to test positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
This was confirmed by Dr. Gerardo Aquino Jr., VSMMC chief medical officer, on Saturday, May 2, 2020.
Aquino said four of its medical personnel were also quarantined for 14 days, bringing the number of quarantined hospital medical personnel to 31.
Aquino said that after implementing measures to ensure that his other medical personnel do not become infected, they immediately sent a report to the Department of Health (DOH) about their new case.
Aquino declined to reveal other details of the doctor, but assured that she is admitted to the VSMMC and is being treated.
“We are doing our best,” he said.
Despite the fact that the hospital handles most of the Covid-19 cases in Cebu, Aquino said the establishment of several isolation centers in the city could lighten the burden on patients.
While confirmed Covid-19 patients who are in serious condition may remain in the VSMMC, those with mild to moderate status may be accommodated in quarantine facilities in the city, such as the Bayanihan Field Center on the former Sacred campus. Heart School for Boys.
Although these confirmed but asymptomatic cases can be accommodated in the isolation centers of Barangay.
Case update
As of May 2, Cebu City had 879 Covid-19 cases with seven deaths after the City’s Department of Health registered 119 new cases.
Of the 119, one came from Upper Bacayan; one from Lusimba, Pardo; eight from the Center, Mambaling; and 109 from Barangay Suba.
The 109 cases of Barangay Suba are from Abellana, General Gines, Belgium, Magsaysay and Santo Niño streets.
Mayor Edgardo Labella ordered the closure of the Pasil Fish port from Sunday, May 3, to make way for mass disinfection in the area and contact tracing.
Climb Barangay Captain Joel Sable is waiting for the City Hall exit signal to be able to implement a blockade on his barangay.
Sable said the retail market near Pasil Fish port was also closed.
Health workers have collected 500 swab samples from residents, he said.
Although most residents in his barangay follow the order to stay home, some are forced to go out and fetch water due to the lack of running water in the area, Sable said.
Climb now has 124 patients with Covid-19.
Another inmate at the Mandaue City Jail was confirmed to have Covid-19, but died before the result of his hyssop test was revealed.
The inmate was reportedly admitted to the VSMMC on April 30 and died the following day.
Mandaue City now has 29 confirmed Covd-19 cases with two recoveries and two deaths.
Warranty
In Cebu province, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced that 18 Filipino overseas (OFW) workers who arrived from Manila on Tuesday, April 28, tested positive for Covid-19.
They were part of 200 seamen stranded in Manila but sent home to Cebu.
Garcia said that OFWs are in quarantine at several hotels in Cebu, while those who tested positive were taken to medical centers for treatment.
Meanwhile, the governor said 4,393 people in the province are considered Supervised Persons (PUM), of whom 35 show influenza-like illness and three show severe acute respiratory infection.
The PUMs will undergo swab testing, he said.
The Capitol has also collected swab samples from people believed to have been in contact with Covid-19 patients.
García urged the towns and cities of the province to establish isolation centers to serve as temporary shelters for patients with Covid-19. (HBL, ANV, JJL, KFD / JKV)
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