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SunStar First TTMF exclusively for healthcare workers in Central Luzon opens
TTMF MOA. Bases Conversion and Development Authority Officer-in-Charge for Corporate Services Group Arrey Perez, National Government Administrative Center Phase 1 Joint Venture President Patrick Nicholas David, Department of Health Assistant Secretary Maria Francia Laxamana and Office of Civil Defense Regional Director Cesar Idio sign the memorandum of agreement converting Building 2 of The Residences inside New Clark City as a temporary treatment and monitoring facility exclusively for healthcare workers in Central Luzon. (PIA-Central Luzon)
+ May 05, 2021 NEW Clark City (NCC) opened the first exclusive temporary treatment and monitoring facility (TTMF) for healthcare workers in Central Luzon.
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THE Office of Civil Defense is procuring and distributing the Abbott Panbio coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Ag Rapid Test Device for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in people who have been exposed. Forty-five hospitals and local government units in Metro Manila and nearby provinces recently received these tests, which are ideal for communities. Individuals have the option of a nasal swab for collection of specimens, making the process less invasive and more convenient. The test which is authorized for use by healthcare professionals requires no instrumentation and provides results as early as 15 minutes. Negative results do not preclude COVID-19 infection and cannot be used as the sole basis for treatment or other management decisions. Results from a clinical study by Abbott of 508 samples demonstrated that Panbio COVID-19 Ag with a nasal swab has a 98.1% sensitivity and 99.8% specificity on people who were suspected of exposure to COVID-
Government agencies, volunteers to clean the island Saturday
The Guam Earth Month islandwide beautification cleanup starts at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
Residents who want to participate in one of the organized site cleanups and who aren t already connected with one the participating groups, are asked to call the governor’s office at 473-1162 for locations and contact information.
If you don’t call in advance, you still can show up at a cleanup site, according to the governor’s office, and should find the person in charge of that site to receive supplies and instructions.
Volunteers will be provided with gloves and trash bags and are asked to bring their own facemasks, although some sites will have masks for volunteers who don’t have one.
Published April 22, 2021, 6:45 PM
The Philippine Navy has turned over to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) the more than P3.3 million worth of cash which it collected from its officers and personnel to assist the national government in setting up more facilities for those who were infected by the coronavirus.
Vice Admiral Giovannie Carlo Bacordo, flag-officer-in-command of the Philippine Navy, turned over the check worth P 3,301,800 to OCD administrator Ricardo Jalad in a turnover on Thursday.
“The Navy made a donation previously from the personnel subsistence allowance. With the continuing effort to address the pandemic we decided to continue to contribute to the COVID-19 response operations, and without hesitation, we did so again,” said Bacordo said.