ZAMBOANGA CITY Representative Manuel Dalipe, his wife and 2 daughters, including his father, who was a former mayor here, are all tested positive for Covid-19 and now battling the deadly respiratory disease.
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| Zamboanga City 2nd District Manuel Dalipe is tested positive for Covid-19 as well as his father, wife and 2 daughters. (Zamboanga Post) |
Dalipe (2nd District) made this announcement from his hospital bed and posted a recorded video on his Facebook page asking his constituents to pray for them.
“Thank you for your prayers of healing for my Dad, former Mayor Manny. Please also include us, my wife Keenah, my two daughters, Margaret and Baby Madison in your prayers as we are also found positive of Covid-19,” he said.
“Five members of the Dalipe family are now bravely fighting the COVID virus. Please continue to pray for us as we also pray for everyone's health and safety,” he added.
It was unknown where he contracted the disease, but he was with a group of village chieftains and other officials in gift-giving activities the whole month of December with thousands of senior citizens in the villages of Guiwan, Tugbungan, Tetuan, Culianan, Salaan, Pasobolong, Mampang, Divisoria, Lumbangan, Pasilmanta, Tolosa, Talabaan, Taluksangay, Bunguiao and Kasanyangan.
City Health Officer Doctor Dulce Amor Miravite said they expect an increase in the number of Covid-19 infections here due to the Yuletide holidays where people celebrated Christmas and New Year. From only 100 active Covid cases in December, she said this number is expected to shoot up, citing latest data and reports. Zamboanga recorded at least 170 Covid deaths since the pandemic began in March.
“The City Health Office is still bracing for a post-holiday rise in Covid-19 numbers. “It is more likely that we are going to see a rise in our cases in the coming days,” Miravite said.
Mayor Beng Climaco said the local government will hire more Covid-19 contact tracers in an effort to further strengthen the fight against the virus and prevent more infections. She said the local government has allocated funds for the hiring of additional contact tracers to help health care workers and frontliners.
“Our country is still reeling from Covid-19 pandemic and while it is true that we are slowly opening up the economy with a concomitant increase of people's mobility, the virus is still here and its threat to our health and safety is ever present,” she said.
Climaco has previously appealed to the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to extend the services of over 600 contact tracers and to facilitate the immediate release of their long delayed salaries. The contact tracers sought Climaco’s help in appealing to the DOH and DILG to release their salaries. Their contract with the national government ended last month. (Zamboanga Post)
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