The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) has issued a directive to its personnel and that of the municipal DRRMOs to be on “red alert” to ensure a safe observance of New Year’s Day.
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BREEDING PLACE.Mosquitoes could breed in this flower pot full of rainwater in Barangay Maybato Norte in San Jose de Buenavista. San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Health Officer, Dr. Melba Billones, said in an interview Thursday (July 7, 2022) that the frequent rain in Antique's capital town has hampered the implementation of the four o'clock habit of residents to clean their surroundings.(Photo courtesy of IPHO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -Frequent rain in this capital town of Antique province has hampered the implementation of the four o'clock habit to get rid of dengue mosquito-breeding places. "We had been advocating for the people in the barangays to practice the four o'clock habit of cleaning up their surroundings to get rid of the dengue mosquito vectors, but then because of the frequent rain they could not do so every afternoon," San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Health Officer Melba Billones said in an interview Thursday. Citing the latest d
Disinfection to kill dengue mosquitoes and other viruses (PNA file photo) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - This capital town of Antique province has opened its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) temporary treatment and monitoring facility (TTMF) to dengue patients to prevent overcrowding of the provincial hospital. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran said in an interview Monday that they reopened their TTMF, closed for several months now because of the Covid-19 cases, to cater to dengue patients. "Right now, six dengue patients are there," he said. Sheree Vego, a nurse at the Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), said they recommended for the local government units (LGUs) to initially manage dengue patients without warning signs yet, like abdominal pain and bleeding, during a meeting with municipal health officers on June 14. "The IPHO also recommended for the LGUs to use their infirmaries or Covid-19 TTMF that are no longer being used so that the
2ND BOOSTER SHOT.The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) continues to hold vaccination at the Binirayan Gymnasium in San Jose de Buenavista. Sheree Vego, IPHO Nurse 4, said on Friday (April 29, 2022) they are encouraging immunocompromised individuals to avail of the second booster shot which is currently being rolled out in the province.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique- The Antique provincial government is urging immunocompromised residents who received the first booster shot three months ago to submit for the second one, currently being rolled out in the province. "Those who had their first booster shots for an interval of three months could already go to the different vaccination sites in their municipalities to avail of their second shot," said Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) Infectious Diseases Cluster head Sheree Vego in an interview Friday. The giving of the second booster shot started on Thursday her