‘Zambo’s Covid-19 initiatives as very commendable and impressive’
ZAMBOANGA MAYOR Beng Climaco has briefed the
members of the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of
Infectious Diseases and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
on the progress of the local government’s Covid-19 response and other measures
aimed at controlling the spread of the deadly disease.
Climaco said she discussed the efforts of the local
Covid-19 task force in slowing down the viral infections and has so far
succeeded due to the stricter implementation of the health protocols and the
community quarantine guidelines.
She said DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista, who is
also the Cabinet Officer Responsible for
Development and Security in Region 9, was also present during the virtual
meeting.
At the meeting, Climaco also proposed several recommendations, including the extension until the end of this year of the services of all healthcare personnel of the Department of Health and the contact tracers hired by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to help local governments in responding to the pandemic.
She also suggested the national government harmonize policies for workplace safety in all government offices, and requested for more antigen test kits and personal protective equipment for Zamboanga Peninsula.
“Through Secretary Bautista, these proposals were forwarded to the national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) for its consideration and approval,” Climaco said.
Just recently, the Regional Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (CODE) Team commended Climaco, who heads the local Covid-19 task force, for her active role in addressing the health crisis.
OCD Regional Director Manuel Luis Ochotorena |
Manuel Luis Ochotorena, regional director of the Office of the Civil Defense and other members of the CODE Team, cited Zamboanga City’s efforts and Covid-19 response, especially the creation of the Inter-Agency Compliance Team headed by City Administrator Apple Go; the Barangay Sita Task Forces and Barangay Information Officers Network, which ensure compliance of health and safety protocols and community quarantine rules.
The CODE
Team held its first leg of virtual town hall consultation with various local
governments in Zamboanga Peninsula or Region 9, particularly those where high
Covid-19 cases have been reported.
Ochotorena
described the Zamboanga City government’s Covid-19 initiatives as “very
commendable and impressive” and complied with the “PDITR” strategy in fighting
the spread of the deadly virus. PDITR stands for Prevention, Detection,
Isolation, Treatment and Reintegration.
From 2,800
active cases in the previous months, the number of Zamboanga’s Covid-19
infections now under 700 after the city was placed under the stricter Modified
Enhanced Community Quarantine since May 8 following a sudden spike in
coronavirus.
Ochotorena said the CODE - which was approved in September last year by
the IATF-MEID on the recommendation of the Department of Health - aims
to demonstrates active case finding strategies to prevent and eliminate
clusters of community transmission of the virus and to provide guidance and
recommendations to strengthen the implementing measures and mechanisms in
fighting against the impact of pandemic while maintaining the balance between
health and economy.
CODE is headed by the National Task Force Covid-19 chaired by Defense
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. (Zamboanga Post)
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