ni Lolet Abania | August 14, 2021
Nasa 67 healthcare workers ang nagpositibo sa test sa COVID-19 habang isa ang naitalang tinamaan ng Delta variant sa Tuguegarao City sa Cagayan.
Sa Laging Handa briefing ni Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Soriano ngayong Sabado, sinabi nitong sa 77 frontliners, 67 healthcare workers ang nagpositibo sa swab test sa virus at karamihan sa kanila ay asymptomatic at symptomatic mild cases lamang.
“We have a Delta variant case as of the other night as confirmed to me by the DOH [Department of Health]. But I am sure it is not only one, because the patient was with other members in their household that tested positive,” ani Soriano. “But I’m almost sure, we have more than one Delta variant in Tuguegarao City,” dagdag niya.
Ayon kay Soriano, ang isang kaso ng Delta variant ay nakarekober na habang patuloy ang contact tracing sa mga naging close contacts ng pasyente. Sinabi rin ng mayor na mayroong 773 active COVID-19 cases ang Tuguegarao at nasa 63 ang bagong kaso na nai-record nitong Biyernes.
“We have an occurring problem regarding our healthcare utilization rate, as well as the staff who will monitor our isolation units. Hospitals and isolation units are in full capacity,” saad ni Soriano.
Umapela naman si Soriano sa national government para sa nakalaang cash aid sa 22,790 pamilyang apektado sa Tuguegarao City dahil sa enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), kung saan isinailalim ang lugar sa pinakamahigpit na restriksiyon mula Agosto 12 hanggang 21.
Gayunman, ayon kay Soriano, mahigit sa 30,000 indibidwal sa kabuuang 75,000 na naka-register sa vaccination program ng siyudad ang nabakunahan na. “In the A1 [healthcare workers] category, 78% were vaccinated. In A2 [senior citizens] we had a difficulty, only 61% of the more than 20,000 senior citizens were vaccinated. In the A3 category [persons with comorbidity], we have 95% vaccinated. We are already at A4 [frontline personnel in essential sectors] with 27%,” ani Soriano.
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