Cebu City to open 8 more BICs amid rising COVID-19 cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will be opening additional eight barangay isolation centers (BICs) amid the rise of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases which has reached 1,613 on February 2, 2021. In view of this,…

Barangay Isolation Centers being prepared as Cebu City cases rise

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/19/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—Three barangay isolation centers (BICs) have been prepared by the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) here as the number of cases of COVID-19  continues to rise.  As of January 18, 2021, the city has 618…

Tumulak: BICs did not cause spread of COVID-19 in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak doesn’t believe that the Barangay Isolation Centers (BICs) caused the community transmission of COVID-19 in the barangays here. Tumulak said this after Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said that…

Most asymptomatic patients in Alaska Mambaling still remain in home isolation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Around 400 individuals from Alaska Mambaling, Cebu City who tested positive of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have yet to be transferred to the designated Barangay Isolation Centers (BICs). Lawyer Gines Abellana, Mambaling Barangay…

Casas to Villa: Don’t make me a scapegoat

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr., expressed in an official statement his dismay over City Health Officer Daisy Villa’s claims during a Cebu City Council special session that he lied about the supposed…

Cebu City now has 2,500 beds in isolation centers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has now 2,500 beds in the different Barangay Isolation Centers (BIC) for the asymptomatic cases of the coronvarius disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a statement through the city’s Public Information Office (PIO),…

COVID-19 patients from Guadalupe, including 3 minors, now isolated

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has already transferred coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients from Barangay Guadalupe to their designated isolation centers. On Saturday evening, April 25, 2020, officers from the City Health Department (CHD)…

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