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+ February 17, 2021 DESPITE the climb in the figures, Department of Health (DOH) 7 chief pathologist and spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, said we could be expecting a decrease in Covid-19 cases in Central Visayas, the crucial driver of which is Cebu City.
Loreche said we are still catching up as far as contact tracing is concerned, especially on individuals exposed to the index cases. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC), says Loreche, is pushing its efforts as of the moment in some areas.
The numbers will reach a peak, and then eventually level off, the spokesperson said.
The official’s optimism seems to have exclusively considered the speed at which contact tracing is being carried out. However, it appears that the results have been revealing an unpleasant scenario.
Published January 17, 2021, 1:37 PM
CEBU CITY – They should have known better.
A dozen doctors were among the more than 100 persons, who were rounded up for breach of quarantine protocols between 11 p.m. Friday and dawn Saturday.
Operatives of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) conducted “Oplan Bulabog” to ensure that quarantine protocols were being followed, including the 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, and the prohibition on drinking alcoholic drinks in public places.
Unfortunately, 12 of those arrested were doctors.
They were caught having a drinking session at an establishment in Barangay Banilad after attending a seminar at the Tinago Barangay gym, according to Racquel Arrce, chief of the city’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, and Beautification (PROBE) team.
SunStar 12 doctors among 166 persons nabbed during Oplan Bulabog
NO EXEMPTIONS. Members of the Cebu City Police Office apprehend 12 doctors who were on a night out after work after midnight Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. Police say the doctors violated the mayor’s executive orders against public drinking and the 11 p.m. curfew imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic. / BENJIE TALISIC
+ January 17, 2021 TWELVE doctors working for a private hospital in Cebu City were apprehended by operatives of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) after they were caught drinking after curfew hours inside a bar in Barangay Banilad on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
They were among the 166 persons who were caught by CCPO operatives and members of the Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (Probe) team during Oplan Bulabog, which started Friday night, Jan. 15.
SunStar No more public Novena masses starting Jan. 12
LAST CHANCE. Devotees attend one of the novena masses held at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño in Cebu City on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. At 5 p.m. Monday, the Basilica’s Augustinian friars announced that for the remaining five days of the novena masses of the Fiesta Señor, there would be no more face-to-face masses. To prevent a possible increase in Covid-19 cases, the masses will be purely virtual or streamed online beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12. / AMPER CAMPAñA
+ January 11, 2021 BEGINNING Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, devotees will no longer be allowed to physically attend any novena masses at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño as a precautionary measure against coronavirus infections, Augustinian priests announced on Monday, Jan. 11.