38 close contacts of UK variant patients, Covid-19 positive: DOH

 

Bontoc. Image from Triptheislands

MANILA – The 38 close contacts of patients infected with the United Kingdom (UK) SARS-CoV-2 variant in Bontoc, Mountain Province, and La Trinidad, Benguet, have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a health official reported Monday. 

SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus strain that causes Covid-19. 

In an online media briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also reported that the 144 close contacts of the 12 patients in Bontoc have been identified but they are “not positive for the UK variant”.

“Dito sa contact tracing na ito, meron tayong nakita na additional na 34 positive pa (In the contact tracing, 34 more patients tested positive) but they were not positive for the UK variant,” she said.

Vergeire noted that six of the 34 patients have already tested negative for the UK variant while the remaining 28 are awaiting genome sequencing results. 

Genomic sequencing is the process where samples taken from patients are compared to check for the presence of the UK variant. 

Vergeire also reported that 97 contacts of a patient from La Trinidad in Benguet have also been traced by the authorities. 

“Dito naka-identify tayo na meron nang nagpositibo na kasama niya sa loob ng bahay: nanay, tatay, kapatid, at lola. Apat ang nagpositibo sa close contacts niya and the rest, negatibo po sila (Here we have identified four contacts in the household who tested positive: the patient’s mother, father, sibling, and grandmother. Four tested positive and the rest tested negative),” she said. 

The DOH is still waiting for the genome sequencing result of the specimens from the four close contacts who tested positive to know if they have the UK variant. 

So far, the country has logged at least 17 cases of the variant. 

Since the UK variant is more transmissible, Vergeire urged the local government units to strengthen the quarantine protocols in their areas. 

“It is to ensure that those who are endorsed to them for quarantine and isolation should comply with the 14-day (quarantine),” she said. 

At 4 p.m. Monday, the DOH reported the country's tally of Covid-19 cases has reached 514,996; the death toll, 10,292; and total number of recoveries, 475,422.

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Biosurveillance: Na-detect sa 17 katao sa Pilipinas ang COVID variant

 

 

Biosurveillance: Na-detect sa 17 katao sa Pilipinas ang COVID variant

 

Kasunod ng umiiral na pinaigting na biosurveillance activities dala ng naiulat na kauna-unahang COVID variant na B.1.1.7 sa bansa noong Enero 13, ang Department of Health (DOH), UP-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) at ang UP-National Institutes of Health ay may natuklasang 16 na kaso ng B.1.1.7 variant ng COVID-19 bilang karagdagan. May kabuuan na ngayong labimpitong (17) kaso ng nasabing variant sa Pilipinas. 

Labindalawa sa 16 na karagdagang kaso ay mula sa Bontoc, Mountain Province. Sa 12 kaso na ito, pito ang lalaki at lima ang babae. Tatlo ang may edad mababa sa 18 taong gulang at tatlo ay higit sa 60. Isinagawa kaagad ang kaukulang contact tracing at mga kailangang pagsisiyasat.

Samantala, dalawang pasyente na may B.1.1.7 variant ang returning overseas Filipinos (ROF) na dumating noong Disyembre 29, 2020 mula sa Lebanon, na kasama sa listahan ng bansang may travel restrictions dahil sa pagtuklas doon ng B.1.1.7 variant. Sakay ng Philippine Airlines flight PR 8661, ang unang kaso ay isang 64-taong gulang na babae na ang lokal na address na naitala ay Jaro, Iloilo City.

Ang pasyente ay nilagay sa isolation sa San Juan, Metro Manila at pinalabas noong Enero 9. Ang isa pa ay isang 47 taong gulang na Filipina na ang naiulat na lokal na address ay Binangonan, Rizal. SIya ay na-quarantine sa New Clark City at pinalabas noong Enero 13. 

Ang huling dalawang kaso ay naobserbahan sa La Trinidad, Benguet at sa Calamba City, Laguna; kapwa walang naging kaugnayan sa alinmang kumpirmadong kaso at walang kasaysayan ng paglalakbay mula sa labas ng bansa. Ang isa ay kasalukuyang nasa Benguet Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility, habang ang 23 taong gulang na lalaki sa Laguna ay pinalabas na matapos magnegatibo ang resulta ng test noong Enero 16. 

Sa karagdagang 16 na kaso na may kinakitaan ng B.1.1.7 variant, 3 ang gumaling na, 13 ang mga aktibong kaso — 3 ay asymptomatic at 10 ang nagpapakita ng banayad na mga sintomas. 

Ang biosurveillance ay pinapairal ng husto, at ayon sa DOH sila ay magpapatuloy na palawakin pa ang kanilang kakayahan para sa detection ng lahat ng COVID variants.

Nanawagan ang DOH sa mga LGUs upang tiyakin ang strict monitoring at compliance sa quarantine protocols. Idiniin ng DOH na ang hindi pagsunod o maling pagsunod sa minimum public health standards (MPHS) ay maaaring maging sanhi ng transmission at mutation kayat nangangailan ng mas mahigpit na pagpapatupad sa MPHS.

31 ang mga aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa Marinduque

 

Sa pinakahuling report na may petsang January 19, 2021, mula sa Provincial Health Office (PHO) Marinduque umabot sa 31 ang bilang ng aktibong COVID-19 cases sa Marinduque. 

Kasama dito ang bagong 11 kaso ng mga nagpositibo sa coronavirus mula sa mga bayan ng Boac, Buenavista, Mogpog, Sta. Cruz at Torrijos.

As of Jan 19, 2021: 31 Active Cases

Recoveries:    189

Deaths:            12

Total Cases:    232

Total Cumulative Covid-19 Cases Per Municipality

Boac:              94

Buenavista:    34

Mogpog:        31

Gasan:            27

Santa Cruz;    26

Torrijos:         20

Kamakalawa, January 18, 2021 ay umabot sa labing-walo (18) ang naitalang kumpirmadong kaso ng COVID-19. Ito ang pinakamataas na bilang ng kasong nagpositibo na naitala sa isang araw.

Naitala saa mga sumusunod na barangay ang mga nagpositibo.

MRQ Case #204 📍 Laylay, Boac

MRQ Case #205 📍 Balaring, Boac

MRQ Case #206 📍 Balaring, Boac

MRQ Case #207 📍 Ihatub, Boac

MRQ Case #208 📍 Balaring, Boac

MRQ Case #209 📍 Libtangin, Gasan

MRQ Case #210 📍 Baguio, Gasan

MRQ Case #211 📍 Pangi, Gasan

MRQ Case #212 📍 Libtangin, Gasan

MRQ Case #213 📍 Libtangin, Gasan

MRQ Case #214 📍 Bachao Ibaba, Gasan

MRQ Case #215 📍 Libtangin, Gasan

MRQ Case #216 📍 Bagong Silang, Sta. Cruz

MRQ Case #217 📍 Banahaw, Sta. Cruz

MRQ Case #218 📍 Banahaw, Sta. Cruz

MRQ Case #219 📍 Bagong Silang, Sta. Cruz

MRQ Case #220 📍 Napo, Sta. Cruz

MRQ Case #221 📍 Bagong Silang, Sta. Cruz

House OKs 'Bating Filipino' bill on final reading

 

Sa botong 212-1-1, inaprubahan ng Mababang Kapulungan noong Martes sa pangatlo at panghuling pagbasa ng panukalang batas ang pagtataguyod sa isang bagong paraan ng pagpapakita ng pagbibigay-galang. Ito ay bilang pagtalima sa social distancing protocols sa gitna ng kasalukuyang pandemya.

Ang House Bill 8149 o  "Bating Filipino Para Sa Kalusugan Act" ay tungkol sa pagbibigay-galang sa pamamagitan ng paglagay ng palad sa gitna ng dibdib habang bahagyang tumatango bilang bagong kaugaliang Filipino sa paggalang. Ito rin ay bilang kahalili ng tradisyonal na pakikipagkamay.

Saklaw ng panukala ang lahat ng mamamayang Pilipino at iba pang mga indibidwal na nanatili sa bansa.

Sa ilalim ng ipinanukalang hakbang, ang lahat ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno ay inatasan na magpalaganap ng impormasyon at hikayatin ang pagsasagawa ng bagong kilos na ito.

Inaatasan din ng panukalang batas ang Kagawaran ng Kalusugan na kumunsulta sa Kagawaran ng Edukasyon, Pambansang Komisyon para sa Kultura at mga Sining, Presidential Communication Operations Office, Philippine Information Agency, at iba pang mga kinauukulang ahensya na bumuo at maglabas ng mga patakaran at regulasyon para sa pagpapatupad nito.

PRRD and Speaker Velasco discuss plans to move forward

 

President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco had a private dinner at the Presidential Residence (Bahay Pagbabago) last January 13, where they had the opportunity to discuss their plans and directions for the remainder of his term. - House of Representatives of the Philippines

Mas mahigpit na alituntunin papasok sa Marinduque alinsunod sa rekomendasyon ng DOH dulot ng bagong COVID variants

 

TUNGKOL SA ATAS: EO No. 42-2020

Pabatid mula kay Gov. Presby Velasco:

May halong kalungkutan ko po na pinababatid sa inyong lahat na tayo po ay kailangan magpatupad ng bagong Atas Tagapagpaganap (EO) sa paglalakbay papasok sa ating probinsya mula sa araw na ito hanggang Enero 31, 2021.

Ito po ay ang Executive Order No. 42-2020 sasaklaw sa bagong alintuntunin ng “Travel Restrictions” sa Probinsiya ng Marinduque. Ito po ay alinsunod sa karagdagang pag-iingat ng ating Presidenteng Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa bisa ng rekomendasyon ng Department of Health (DoH).

Bukod po sa kamakailan na bagong variants (iba-iba) ang SARS-COV-2 (B.1.1.7), nadagdagan po ito ng 501Y mula sa bansang South Africa. Kaya tayo po ay magpapatupad ng karagdagang kahigpitan tulad ng hindi pagpapasok ng mga nagnanais umuwi sa ating probinsya na galing sa mga bansang kasama sa talaan ng Inter-Agency Task Force (ITAF) o mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng 14-day quaratine at iba pa. Ito po ay napapasailalim sa IATF-MEID Resolution No. 92 at DOH Memo No. 2020-0540, maliban sa mga residente ng Marinduque na mananatili ng permanente.

Hangad ko po ang inyong pang-unawa upang lubusan maprotektahan ang ating probinsya at mamamayan sa pandemya na nananatiling salot sa buong mundo.

Narito po ang mga bansang kasama sa talaan ng IATF: United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, The Netherlands, Hong Kong (SAR), Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, Canada, Spain, Portugal, India, Finland, Norway, Jordan, Brazil, Austria, United States of America (USA) at Denmark.

Dalangin ko po ang kaligtasan ng lahat. God bless us all. 🙏 - FB Gov. Presby Velasco

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on proposed amendments to the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution

 

Statement of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on proposed amendments to the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution:

I have instructed the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments to open the discussions on amending the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, as stated within Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) 2 that I have authored.

When I filed RBH 2 in July 2019, the Philippines was poised to become one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. The World Bank gave the country a projection of 6.6 percent GDP growth in the years 2020 and 2021.

No one could have predicted the onset of a global pandemic, along with the devastation it has brought upon the economies around the world.

To set the stage for our economic recovery, Congress passed the P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021, which includes a P72.5-billion appropriation for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines for Filipinos. We also extended the availability of funds appropriated through the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act or Bayanihan 2 and the 2020 General Appropriations Act to help the country recover from the pandemic.

As global economies slowly start to reopen, we cannot allow the Philippines to lag behind in terms of investments and opportunities. We need to seize the momentum if we are to fully recover from the economic devastation of COVID-19.

It is incumbent upon the duly-elected representatives of the Filipino people to enact laws that will provide much-needed economic relief to our countrymen, especially during these unprecedented times. RBH 2 seeks to liberalize the restrictive economic provisions in the Constitution that prevent us from becoming fully competitive with our Asian neighbors. We are proposing to amend Sections 2, 3, 7, 10 and 11 of Article XII (National Patrimony and Economy), Section 4 of Article XIV (Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and Sports) and Section 11 of Article XVI (General Provisions) to add the phrase “unless otherwise provided by law.” The addition of this phrase will allow Congress to enact laws to free up the economy to foreign investors, or maintain the status quo.

Foreign investment plays a crucial role in the Philippine economy by supporting domestic jobs and the creation of physical and knowledge capital across a range of industries. The need to attract foreign capital is critical to support our economy’s recovery from COVID-19.

We hope to finish the debates before the end of 2021 and present it to the public for ratification alongside the election of new leaders in the 2022 national elections. Until then, we assure the public that the debates on RBH 2 will be transparent and fair. - SLAV

Marinduque provincial ID, nag-umpisa nang ipamahagi

 

Nag-umpisa nang ipamahagi ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Marinduque ang mga 'provincial identification card' sa ilang mga barangay kamakailan.

Ayon kay Gov. Presbitero Velasco, Jr.,  layon ng programa na magkaroon ng isang opisyal na pagkakakilanlan ang mga mamamayan ng probinsya para sa mabilis na pagtatala at pag-update ng Household Record of Barangay Inhabitants. 

"Kung matatandaan po ng ating masisipag na mga opisyal ng barangay sa ating ginawang pagpupulong noong Agosto 2020 sa Convention Center, nabanggit po rito ang kahalagahan ng provincial ID kaya agad natin itong isinakatuparan ayon na rin sa government code at DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2005-69 o ang maintenance and updating of records of all inhabitants of the barangay," pahayag ni Velasco. 

Sa pamamagitan ng provincial ID ay madaling malalalaman ang kapasidad ng mga naninirahan sa isang barangay sapagkat bahagi ng impormasyong nakapaloob sa ID ay ang kakayahan, trabaho, talento at iba pang impormasyon ng isang indibidwal na naninirahan sa partikular na barangay. 

Magagamit din aniya ito para makapagplano ng mga programa at proyekto na akma sa barangay kung saan ang makikinabang dito ay mga mamamayan. (RAMJR/PIA-MIMAROPA)

MIMAROPA LGUs win big at 2020 LGU competitiveness ranking

 Some Highlights:

Mogpog, Marinduque

Rank 2nd Overall LGU, Rank 2nd in Economic Dynamism Pillar and Government Efficiency Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region.

Torrijos, Marinduque

Rank 3rd Government Efficiency Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Image credit: Mimaropa Aksyon at Solusyon

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, and Romblon, Romblon, top the list of most improved LGUs among Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs), 1st to 2nd Class Municipalities, and 3rd to 4th Class Municipalities nationwide, respectively. 

In the recently conducted 8th Annual Regional Competitiveness Summit via Facebook live, several LGUs in MIMAROPA were named as among the top LGUs according to the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) 2020. 

The CMCI is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development. For 2020, CMCI ranks over 1,000 local government units across the country on economic dynamism, government efficiency, infrastructure, and resilience. 

According to the CMCI, the framework integrated the following four convergent pillars of local economic development and competitiveness: 

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM is usually associated with activities that create a stable expansion of business and industries and higher employment.

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY refers to the quality and reliability of government services and government support for effective and sustainable productive expansion.

INFRASTRUCTURE refers to the physical building blocks that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services.

RESILIENCY is the capacity of a locality to facilitate businesses and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time despite the shocks and stresses it encounters.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – MIMAROPA Regional Director Joel B. Valera is confident that the cities and municipalities in the region will sustain if not surpass their respective ranks in the CMCI 2020. Regional Director Valera likewise believes that the ranking results reflect the unceasing commitment of the LGUs towards holistic societal development far beyond the geographical limits of the region’s island-provinces.

 

CMCI Results 2020: 

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan (out of 32 participating HUCs) nationwide)

Rank 1st Most Improved LGU

Rank 17th Overall HUCs

Rank 18th Government Efficiency Pillar

Rank 14th Infrastructure Pillar

Rank 15th Resilience Pillar

Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro (out of 112 participating Component Cities (CCs) nationwide)

Rank 16th Overall CCs

Rank 2nd Resilience Pillar

Rank 17th Infrastructure Pillar

Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

Rank 1st Most Improved LGU out of 489 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 3rd Overall LGU, Economic Dynamism and Government Efficiency out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro

Rank 2nd Most Improved LGU out of 489 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 5th Overall LGU and Rank 3rd Infrastructure out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Roxas, Oriental Mindoro

Rank 3rd Most Improved LGU out of 489 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 6th Overall LGU out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Romblon, Romblon

Rank 1st Most Improved LGU and Rank 4th Government Efficiency Pillar out of 611 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 1st Overall LGU, Rank 1st Government Efficiency Pillar, Rank 3rd Resilience Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Looc, Occidental Mindoro

Rank 7th Economic Dynamism Pillar out of 273 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 1st Overall LGU, Rank 1st Economic Dynamism Pillar, 2nd Infrastructure Pillar, and Rank 1st Resilience Pillar out of 14 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in the MIMAROPA region

San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

Rank 16th Infrastructure Pillar out of 489 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 1st Overall LGU, Rank 1st in Economic Dynamism Pillar, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure Pillar and Resilience Pillar out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Gloria, Oriental Mindoro

Rank 12th Resilience Pillar out of 611 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 7th Overall LGU, Rank 1st in Economic Dynamism Pillar and Resilience Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

San Fernando, Romblon

Rank 14th Resilience Pillar out of 611 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 4th Overall LGU, Rank 2nd in Infrastructure Pillar and Resilience Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Alcantara, Romblon

Rank 15th Most Improved LGU out of 273 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 3rd Infrastructure Pillar out of 17 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Banton, Romblon

Rank 13th Most Improved LGU out of 273 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 3rd Resilience Pillar out of 17 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Santa Fe, Romblon

Rank 11th Most Improved LGU out of 273 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 5th Overall LGU and Rank 2nd Economic Dynamism Pillar out of 17 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA region

Kalayaan, Palawan

Rank 9th Most Improved LGU out of 273 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities nationwide;

Culion, Palawan

Rank 15th Most Improved LGU out of 611 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities nationwide;

Busuanga, Palawan

Rank 9th Most Improved LGU out of 611 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities nationwide;

Bataraza, Palawan

Rank 8th Most Improved LGU out of 489 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities nationwide;

Rank 2nd Government Efficiency Pillar and Rank 3rd Resilience Pillar out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Odiongan, Romblon

Rank 2nd Overall LGU, Rank 2nd in Economic Dynamism Pillar and Infrastructure Pillar out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Mogpog, Marinduque

Rank 2nd Overall LGU, Rank 2nd in Economic Dynamism Pillar and Government Efficiency Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Socorro, Oriental Mindoro

Rank 3rd Overall LGU and Rank 3rd Economic Dynamism Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Santa Maria, Romblon

Rank 2nd Overall LGU, Rank 1st Government Efficiency Pillar and Rank 2nd Resilience Pillar out of 14 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Magdiwang, Romblon

Rank 3rd Overall LGU, Rank 3rd Government Efficiency Pillar and Rank 1st Infrastructure Pillar out of 14 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Ferrol, Romblon

Rank 3rd Economic Dynamism Pillar out of 14 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Torrijos, Marinduque

Rank 3rd Government Efficiency Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

San Andres, Romblon

Rank 2nd Government Efficiency Pillar out of 14 participating 5th to 6th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Looc, Romblon

Rank 1st Infrastructure Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

San Agustin, Romblon

Rank 3rd Infrastructure Pillar out of 25 participating 3rd to 4th Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region

Quezon, Palawan

Rank 2nd Resilience Pillar out of 29 participating 1st to 2nd Class municipalities in MIMAROPA Region ♦

Date of Release: 4 January 2021 DTI