Bataan nCoV-free but 2 PUI confined
Credit to Author: Ernie B. Esconde| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:05:20 +0000
BALANGA City, Bataan: The health officer here on Tuesday said this city were and the whole of Bataan were still free from the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) although there were two persons under investigation (PUI).
“As of now, Balanga and Bataan per se are still nCoV-free, [we don’t have] confirmed cases, although we have two persons under investigation (PUI), one coming from Mariveles and one from Hermosa,” City Health Officer Dr. Mariano Antonio Banzon said.
Banzon added that both are foreigners, one a Chinesel and the other a Briton.
He said the Chinese was confined at the Bataan General Hospital in Balanga City and the Briton at the Jose Lingad Memorial Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga.
Banzon added that the city was prepared for any eventuality should there be confirmed cases of nCoV.
He said they were undertaking a massive information drive to erase wrong information gathered from the social media that the city hall started during flag-raising last Monday.
Even in all public schools, the same information campaign has begun, according to Banzon.
The health officer said he would be conferring with all barangay captains in 25 villages on Wednesday.
“Kakausapin natin ang mga kapitan upang magbuo ng barangay health response team sa bawat barangay bilang pagtupad sa utos ni Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. (We will talk with the barangay captains and tell them to form a barangay health response team in every village in line with Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano’s order,” Banzon added.
City hall is also preparing for the procurement of n95 masks, ordinary face masks and thermal scanners.
Banzon advised the public to immediately go to various clinics in the city once they have cold, cough and fever.