CEBU CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the Chief Implementor of the COVID-19 response in the Visayas, has noted the improved compliance of Cebuanos to the imposed minimum public health standards and quarantine protocols.
“Hind na po katulad ng sinasabi nila na hindi sumusunod ang mga Cebuanos sa patakaran,” said Cimatu during the recent Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) press conference held in Mandaue City, Cebu.
Cimatu made the observation after his team’s almost two weeks of surveillance of the cases in the city.
This change of attitude paired with better uniform data reporting of cases are the game changers of Cebu City’s approach in countering the pandemic, he said.
“End Cebu’s Quarantine should be our new meaning of ECQ,” he added as the chief once again appealed for the continued cooperation of Cebuanos to the government’s measures in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new meaning of ECQ, according to Cimatu, should be the Cebuanos’ new mindset in fighting the pandemic.
Meanwhile, the IATF is optimistic that the situation here will soon get better as more medical practitioners are coming to augment both public and private hospitals, said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III in the same press conference.
Duque said around 30 physicians have expressed their desire to help Cebu.
On top of this, DOH Central Visayas has just deployed 200 more nurses and 40 doctors to private and public hospitals handling COVID-19 cases.
Continued leveling up of health and medical interventions like aggressive testing, proactive contact tracing, and decongesting of hospitals will remain the top priorities of the IATF to ensure that strict quarantine in Cebu will soon end. (jktm/PIA7)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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