Garganera: No need for granular lockdowns in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is no need to put any of Cebu City’s 80 barangays under granular lockdown as far as the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is concerned. Councilor Joel Garganera, the EOC’s deputy chief implementer,…

Vaccines key to lowering COVID-19 cases in Cebu City —EOC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vaccines are the key to the lowering of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu City. This was the statement of Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy chief implementor of the Emergency Operations…

Mild symptomatics and asymptomatics told: Choose isolation centers over hospitals

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The continuous rise in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the city is alarming the Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) not because there has been a rise in critical cases, but…

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Cebu are rising

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/10/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — More Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients are now admitted to hospitals in Cebu City. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has recorded an increase in care utilization in the city’s hospitals rising from…

As infections continue to rise, 6 Cebu City businesses ‘voluntarily close’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least six business establishments in Cebu City have voluntarily suspended their operations last week, local health authorities here announced. Councilor Joel Garganera, who heads the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), told reporters…

Rise in COVID-19 cases in Cebu City results in backlog of extraction of cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The rise in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases is taking a toll on the Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The EOC has reported a series of backlogs in the extraction of the…

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,…

‘Spike not surge’ in COVID cases in Cebu City – officials

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City ended the month of January with its number of new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increased by several folds compared to figures logged in December 2020. Data from the…

Experts: Cebu an ‘area of serious concern’ due to rise in COVID cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Local officials in Cebu continue to reassure the public that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak here remained at manageable levels.  This despite recent findings from a group of researchers in Metro Manila tagging the…

Cebu City COVID-19 situation alarming, daily positivity rate reaches 7%

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The COVID-19 situation in Cebu City is not looking good. After reeling from a rapid rise in new cases on a daily basis, the city is dealt another curveball: a steadily climbing positivity…

Cebu City is top 1 again for new COVID-19 cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than six months after Cebu City was the center of national attention because of the rising cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the city is once again at the top of…

Cebu City vaccine board visits storage facility

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Vaccine Board has visited one storage facility in Metro Cebu that may be able to cater to the storage needs of the vaccine when these arrive in the city. Councilor…

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