CCPO chief: Cops under quarantine at stations doing office work

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen in stations under Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), who have been under quarantine, continue to perform regular and routine tasks in their offices. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, chief of CCPO, said that…

BJMP isolates 29 PDLs in close contact with Mandaue City Jail’s COVID-19 patient

Norman V. Mendoza 04/25/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – At least 29 individuals who came in close contact with a detainee of the Mandaue City Jail, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), have been ordered isolated from the rest of…

PUMs in Cebu province increase despite border closure

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After days of steady decline, the number of persons under monitoring (PUMs) in the towns and cities in Cebu province has climbed to 4,443 anew on Thursday, April 23, 2020. The present number…

Cebu City Health Dep’t: No new ILI for Good Friday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department has recorded no new cases of influenza-like-illnesses (ILI) in the city for Good Friday, April 10, 2020. In the recent data released by the CHD, there are zero…

Cebu City has already cleared 773 PUMs 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) reaches the end of its second week, Cebu City has cleared more persons under monitoring (PUMs). In just one day, the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) cleared…

499 PUMs cleared in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has cleared 499 persons under monitoring (PUM) in all 80 barangays.  In their most recent data, the City Health Department (CHD) revealed that out of the 552 PUMs in the city,…

DOH-7 reiterates calls for strict social distancing as PUMs, SARI, ILI count reach 14K

Rosalie Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has reiterated its calls for the public to stay at home and maintain strict social distancing as persons that they are currently monitored for coronavirus…

Councilors in Central Visayas included in list of PUIs, PUMs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – While Cebu remains free of any confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, surveillance officers in Central Visayas recorded a total of 178 people suspected to have the disease as of March 12, 2020.…

Tumulak demands transparency from DOH

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak, the council chairperson on the committee on disaster risk and management, is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to be more transparent in revealing information about the Coronavirus…

Labella’s proposal: Include travellers from S. Korea in 14-day mandatory quarantine

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/25/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines -Worried of the growing cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is proposing to already include visiting South Koreans and travellers coming from the same…

Villa identifies Cremdec as suitable quarantine area for PUMs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is preparing a suitable area for persons under monitoring for suspected cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (CONVID-19). Dr. Daisy Villa, the City Health Officer, said that the City…

Gwen: Non-Cebuano PUMs won’t be quarantined; they will be sent to hometowns outside Cebu

Futch Anthony Inso 02/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will no longer accept persons under monitoring (PUMs), who have a travel history from China and will arrive in the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) if they are not residents…

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