CABANATUAN CITY – The city government on Saturday appealed to the public to strictly observe quarantine protocols as it sounded alarm over the surge in coronavirus disease cases in the last three weeks that resulted to full capacity of the city hospital.
“Lubha pong nakababahala ang muling paglobo ng bilang ng Covid-19 sa ating lungsod,” said the local government in its official social media page, noting the 446 RT-PCR and antigen positive cases recorded in the said period.
“Nariyan pa po ang banta ng Delta variant. Ang ating city hospital ay puno na rin po ng pasyente, at patuloy rin ang pagdami ng mga pasyente sa iba pang pribado at pampublikong ospital sa Lungsod ng Cabanatuan,” it added.
Records from the city health office showed that as of Aug. 12, this city has 164 active cases, out of 3,281 confirmed cases from which 2,943 have recovered and 174 have died.
In another fresh attempt to contain the virus, the city hall added Saturday to working days for some of its offices to cut down the volume of people transacting with the local government during weekdays.
“Dahil sa banta ng Covid-19 Delta variant, iniiwasan po natin na dumami ang mga taong nagpupunta sa city hall tuwing Lunes hanggang Biyernes,” the LGU announced.
Among the offices that open on Saturdays are those of the treasurer, assessor, local civil registrar and business licensing and investment promotion.
