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Published August 5, 2021, 7:18 AM
DUMAGUETE CITY – The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Negros Oriental has been significantly dropping over the last few weeks as a result of the imposition of higher quarantine classifications.
In a virtual presser on Wednesday, Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, COVID-19 incident commander of the province’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), noted that the average number of daily active infections has dropped from around 3,000 to only about 400.
Estacion also reported that as of Aug. 4, the total caseload is 10,547, broken down into 9,904 recoveries, 428 active infections, and 215 mortalities.
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+ May 04, 2021 THE Negros Oriental Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) passed a resolution Tuesday, May 4, suggesting to the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (Norppo) the procurement of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kits for its personnel.
This developed following a request from provincial police director, Colonel Bryant Demot, to the provincial IATF, chaired by Governor Roel Degamo, for free RT-PCR swab testing for the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel in the province for purposes out of their duty in line with the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
IATF-EID executive director Adrian Sedillo said Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, Covid-19 incident commander, had raised the concern over the request during Tuesday morning’s meeting with the body, saying that if all police personnel were to avail themselves of the RT-