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DOH, IATF recommend GCQ for Cordillera Administrative Region Published January 24, 2021 6:55am Updated January 24, 2021 7:02am The Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) have recommended putting the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) under the stricter general community quarantine from its current status of modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). This was revealed by Dr. Ruby Constantino, regional director of DOH-CAR, at the Kapihan sa Baguio forum on Saturday. The recommendation was given on Frid...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 23) — The Department of Health said Saturday it had observed an increase of over 200% in coronavirus infections in Bontoc, Mountain Province, where most of the new cases of the faster spreading coronavirus variant were seen in the past two weeks.  “Meron pong 203% increase sa mga reported na kaso nitong nakaraang dalawang linggo kumpara noong mga naunang dalawang linggo at ‘yung sabi nating three times na increase doon sa average daily attack rate,” Dr. Thea De Guzman, epidemiologist from DOH Epidemiology Bureau, said in a briefing. [...

BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 23(PIA)—The Department of Health is sending about 40 contact tracers to Bontoc, Mountain Province to help in the conduct of enhanced contact tracing following the detection of COVID - 19 UK variant in 12 cases in the capital town. DOH – Cordillera Regional Director Dr. Ruby Constantino, in a press conference today, said contact tracing teams from CAR, Regions 1, 2 and 3 will leave for Bontoc on Sunday, (Jan. 24) to augment the contact tracers in the municipality  in efficiently  tracking down those who may have been in close contact with the 12 COVID cases with UK vari...

SunStar + January 22, 2021 LOCAL government units (LGUs) and regional line agencies (RLA) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were sought to help in informing the people about the National Vaccination and Deployment Plan and highlighting the importance of vaccination in the country’s fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). During a recent virtual orientation on the National Vaccination and Deployment Plan, Department of Health (DOH)-CAR Regional Director Dr. Ruby Constantino stressed that the successful implementation of the plan is “not only for ourselves...

Published December 19, 2020, 7:50 AM BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – The Department of Health (DOH) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) said it was ready to spearhead coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination after it was identified as among the pilot areas where mass inoculation will be undertaken once the vaccines arrive in the country. In a press briefing Thursday, DOH-CAR Director Dr. Ruby Constantino said her agency was already identifying specific persons included in priority sectors such as health workers, frontliners, vulnerable groups and the poor, who will be the first to receiv...