Cebu City plans to tap med, nursing studes for inoculation program

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government is planning to tap medical and nursing students to help them in implementing their inoculation program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, head of…

Cebu City braces for new COVID variant, eyes stricter border controls

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City are now bracing for the threats of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 considered to be more infectious than the original. Members of the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC)…

44 out of 80 Cebu City barangays have zero active cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The deputy chief implementor for Cebu City’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) welcomed Mayor Edgardo Labella’s move to provide cash incentives for barangays that could achieve zero…

Pooled testing among Carbon vendors slated this Sept. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The pooled swab testing initiative for vendors in Carbon Public Market will start this Wednesday, September 30. Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH –…

More health protocols to be imposed in Cebu City supermarkets, groceries

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents in Cebu City are advised to brace themselves for longer queues and waiting time in supermarkets and groceries. This developed after the Cebu City government has instructed the management of these establishments…

Additional health protocols for Cebu City construction sites – dad

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In an effort to slow down the transmission of coronavirus in construction sites and among workers, local officials and private firms in Cebu City agreed to impose additional health protocols. The city government’s…

Rise in COVID cases in construction sites worries Cebu City officials

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City will be meeting with construction experts and officials as they race to address the rising number of construction workers who test positive for the new coronavirus. Councilor Joel…

Cebu City dad urges CCENRO to stop Agsungot quarry by Friday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, the City Council’s chairperson for the committee on environment, urged the Cebu City Environment Office (CCENRO) to issue a cease and desist order for the quarry in Barangay…

Cebu City EOC renews warning on swab test refusal, eyes stricter rules

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Anti-coronavirus officials in Cebu City renewed their warnings directed at individuals, particularly close contacts of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, who will refuse to undergo swab tests. The city’s emergency operations center…

4 Cebu City hinterland barangays remain COVID-free

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Of the 80 barangays comprising Cebu City, at least four of them remained free from any documented cases of the coronavirus disease. These are the villages of Sudlon I, Buot, Paril and Taptap,…

Travelers from NCR told to secure ‘letter of coordination’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The anti-coronavirus task force in Cebu City will now require the submission of additional documents by city residents who are coming home from the National Capital Region (NCR), where cases of the coronavirus…

Work-to-house transmission: Officials urge cooperation from workers, firms

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City are now urging both workers and firms to strictly comply with minimum health standards as health experts here started noticing a change in the outbreak’s dynamics. In an…

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