CONTINUING VAX ROLLOUT. A person deprived of liberty (PDL) receives the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 Tuesday (Oct. 19, 2021) at the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center. The PDLs are among the 384,784 individuals who have received vaccines since the vaccination was rolled out in March this year. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A total of 384,784 residents of this city have received vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the vaccination program was rolled out here in March this year. Data released Wednesday by the city health office (CHO) showed that 160,300 individuals representing 23.07 percent of the 694,696 eligible population have been fully vaccinated. "The Covid-19 vaccination rollout in Zamboanga City started middle of March this year with six different vaccine brands Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Janssen, Sputnik, and Moderna," Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said in a statement Wednesday. The maj
ZAMBOANGA CITY To prevent a further surge of COVID-19 cases, the local government ordered a return to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for the rest of the month starting Saturday. Executive Order (EO) 687-2021 said from general community quarantine since July 1, MECQ will be in effec
EMERGENCY FACILITY. Barangay San Jose Gusu in Zamboanga City opens a 16-bed capacity emergency facility to boost its disaster response capability on Friday (Oct. 15, 2021). The project funded by a private foundation costs PHP1.4 million. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga City LGU) ZAMBOANGA CITY - To prevent a further surge of Covid-19 cases, the local government ordered a return to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for the rest of the month starting Saturday. Executive Order (EO) 687-2021 said from general community quarantine since July 1, MECQ will be in effect October 16 to 31. It marked the second time the city was placed under MECQ after May 8 to June 30 this year. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar issued the EO after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the request of the local IATF and the health sector. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said 144 new infections on Friday raised the active cases tally to 2,776. Of the total active cases, 2,246 infect
City Hall of Zamboanga. (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A total of 67 inbound travelers have so far been penalized for presenting falsified Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) negative test results since the start of the second semester this year. City Tourism Office Sarita Sebastian announced Tuesday that among these travelers, the latest to be sanctioned are seven travelers from Isabela and Lamitan Cities in Basilan who arrived between October 4 to 10 and presented falsified RT-PCR test results. "There are already 67 travelers with fake RT-PCR test results penalized by the police since July," Sebastian said. The penalty included the issuance of a citation ticket to pay the fine of PHP500 each and violators were ordered to return to the point of origin at their own expense. The requirement of RT-PCR negative test result is an added measure against the further spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), especially among travelers, according to th
Zambo City Health Office (File photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government here has converted one of its isolation facilities into a mini-hospital to help address a shortage of beds in the local hospitals amid the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said Saturday converted into a mini-hospital is the Convention Center Isolation facility in Barangay Pasonanca, which has a 150-bed capacity. Miravite said the mini-hospital can even accommodate Covid-19 patients with moderate conditions aside from those with mild symptoms. She said another measure adopted is the transfer of patients with mild symptoms to isolation facilities to decongest the local hospitals. "These are the thing that we have done to address the shortage of beds," she added. The hiring of additional personnel is also carried out as the city government is set to open more isolation facilities. The Covid-19 data tracker showed that this city has registere