COVID deaths in Bohol down to 1 in over a month

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 2 (PIA) -- With only one COVID-related death in a month in Bohol, the health experts' claim that vaccination could change the game is making a strong stand.

This as records from the Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (BIATF) show that since April 6, 2022, when Bohol recorded its 681 COVID-19 deaths, only one death has since been recorded to date.

On May 23, BIATF reported another death by COVID-19, which brought the overall mortality in Bohol to 682.

Meanwhile, vaccination rollout coverage notched at 71.57% for fully vaccinated individuals.

This translates to 791,600 Boholanos who have received their two or full doses of the vaccine that is believed to be critical in keeping the number of infections and COVID-19 deaths at bay.

Moreover, 717,636 Boholanos have also received the first dose of the vaccine that is now being used to inoculate even minors, after getting approvals from the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of the country.

The goal is to cover as much as 80% of the eligible population to make the fatal viral disease endemic, that is by the time the entire province would have attained herd immunity.

As the numbers of affected individuals are now at manageable levels, national authorities are also looking at hospital bed utilization as well as vaccination coverage to de-escalate the province’s status from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1.

As of June 2, Bohol recorded four active COVID-19 cases: one a moderate case, three mild cases, according to the BIATF’s Emergency Operations Center based at the Provincial vaccination Operations Center in Tagbilaran City.

Of the four active cases during that day, two are confined at the hospitals, one is on home quarantine while the EOC could not obtain the where about of the other case as yet.

As of that date, 22,338 or 97% of those who have been through a bout of COVID-19 have recovered, while the remaining 3% did not survive before the vaccines arrived. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)

Comments

OCD-7: ‘Only OCD can hold incident command system trainings’

OCD-7 Regional Director Joel Erestain speaking during the 13th episode of the ‘Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ program held in Cebu City. He emphasized that only OCD is accredited to conduct trainings on Incident Command System. (PIA-7) CEBU CITY, CEBU (PIA) — Only the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) can conduct training on the Incident Command System (ICS). This was emphasized by OCD-7 regional director Joel Erestain during the 13th episode of the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas on Aug. 20 in Cebu City. As the executive arm of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), OCD conducts ICS trainings, which is a standardized approach to managing emergency responses and disasters. “So kung mayro’ng mga iba na nagsasabi na nagte-train daw, hindi po sila accredited. Lalong lalo na nagkaroon tayo ng Civil Defense Training Institute, walang ibang pwedeng mag-train ng ICS, basic ICS, hanggang sa down the line,” said Erestain. (So if there are people ...

PRESS RELEASE: Smart’s ‘School-in-a-Bag’ reaches last-mile schools in NegOr

DepEd Secretary hails education as 'solution' More remote schools have been reached by Smart Communications, Inc.’s mini portable classroom School-in-a-Bag, bringing learning technologies to far-flung areas to help facilitate quality basic education in last-mile schools. Among these schools is Dobdob Elementary School (ES) which is situated in the farthest barangay in Valencia, Negros Oriental. It is 80 kilometers from the town proper and is only accessible by 4-wheel drive vehicles. Dobdob ES has a total of 128 students, most of whom are children of farmers. These students often arrive with their shirts drenched in sweat, because they help their parents on the farm before coming to school. But despite that, they still come to class with great vigor and enthusiasm. Leah Apenas, head teacher of Dobdob ES, shared the different struggles she and her colleagues, most especially the students face in the mountain school. “Every time there’s a heavy downpour, students skip classes d...

PVAO to partner with hospitals for improved medical care access of veterans

PVAO Field Satellite Office (FSO) Cebu Head Reggie Sabandal enables the public to envision the goal of the agency to facilitate a no medical expense for the veterans during the 13th Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas. (PIA 7) CEBU CITY, Cebu (PIA) — The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) Field Services Office (FSO) Cebu is set to partner with two hospitals in Central Visayas for improved access to medical services of the Filipino veterans in the region. PVAO Cebu is set to ink a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City, Cebu and Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center (GCGMMC) in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. PVAO FSO Cebu head Reggie Sabandal said this is in line with their agency’s aim to establish additional 19 veterans’ wards in the country. "We also did our part in (terms of) lobbying for the MOA with respective private and public hospitals for the enhancement of veterans’ wards... Our vision and goal i...

Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

Search This Blog