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LOW TURNOUT. Negros Oriental remains under Alert Level 2 despite a drop in Covid-19 cases. Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion said on Monday (Feb. 28, 2022) the province performed poorly in the vaccination of its senior citizens. (Photo from Negros Oriental's Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The provincial government of Negros Oriental remains under Alert Level 2 community quarantine status from March 1-15 despite a drop in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, in a virtual presser Monday afternoon, said t...

City Hall of Zamboanga(PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has asked the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Health (DOH) to extend the service contracts for the whole year of their health workers here. Salazar said Friday that she requested to extend the service contracts of the health workers for at least one year to prevent salary delays as what had happened last year. The health workers the DILG and DOH have employed through a contract of service included coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) contact tracers, vaccinat...

City Hall of Zamboanga (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Health Office reported Thursday that four coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) variants, two of which are considered most infectious, have been detected in this city. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said the four Covid-19 variants include the Alpha (South Africa), Beta (United Kingdom), Delta (India), and Theta (Philippines) as of October 11 based on the genome sequencing results from the Department of Health (DOH). Miravite said a total of 175 cases belonging to the four variants were recorded. Of the 175 cases, 15...