DAVAO CITY – The local health office has urged residents to participate in the “surveillance swabbing” in an effort to prevent the further spread of the deadly Covid-19 disease as the number of infections continues to decrease.
Dr. Ashley Lopez, of the City Health Office, said Covid-19 cases is decreasing following the local government’s stringent health and safety regulations, including active-case finding and surveillance activities in communities.
“With this active case-finding sa atong mga surveillance activities ug sa atong intensified contact tracing, expect gyud ta daghan ta’g ma-swab, daghan ta’g ma-test and the target is at least 1,000 testing per day. Kung daghan ta’g ma-test, natural daghan pud tag ma-detect nga positive. Luckily, our positivity rate is still low,” Lopez said.
The surveillance swabbing will help determine the effectiveness of the local government’s Covid-19 response efforts and validate the slowing down of the virus transmission.
“Mao nang significance sa surveillance swabbing, atong ma-confirm kung kaning ginabuhat nato nga campaign o testing nato kaning regular activities nato with Covid-19 campaign is tinuod ba. It will be confirmed by the surveillance swabbing,” Lopez explained.
Despite the downtrend of Covid-19 cases here, Lopez said residents should not be complacent and must strictly follow health protocols and community quarantine guidelines.
“The turnout of the surveillance swabbing that we are having right now is indeed nag-prove sa atoa nga ang atong kaso against Covid-19 here in Davao is really slowing down. I would say our Covid-19 community transmission within Davao City is going down,” he said.
Some 3,000 people had been tested for Covid-19 in recent weeks since the implementation of the surveillance swabbing and showed a low positivity rate.
“Almost every day naa ta’y schedule, nagbuhat nag-itinerary atong incharge ani. For the whole month, we have schedules already. Not only sa atoang pampublikong lugar or establishments but also sa atong several workplaces including mga high-risk barangays,” Lopez said.
Lopez also encouraged everyone to avail of free consultation at their nearest barangay health districts if they manifest influenza-like symptoms such as colds, cough, and fever to prevent the further transmission of the disease.
“Kung naa mo’y high index of suspicion nga exposed mo sa usa ka Covid-19 nga pasyente or naa mo’y mga symptoms like influenza-like symptoms, kanang symptoms nga related sa trangkaso, sip-on, ubo, pwede mo magpaswab. Kini libre ni sya nga ginaprovide sa atong,” he said. (CIO, with additional reporting from Malou Cablinda.)
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