Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago leads send-off for Covid-19 survivors with a Fernandino First salute. Photos courtesy of CSFP-CIO
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Friday the 13th jinx just got busted here as this city recorded Nov.13 the highest number of recoveries from the coronavirus disease since March.
The city government gave a warm send-off to 75 Fernandinos who recovered from the disease at the Covid-19 Kalingang Fernandino isolation facility at the city civic center in Barangay San Isidro.
“Ako po at ang aking mga kasamahan ay masaya kayong binabati ng congratulations at natutuwa ako at kaming lahat dahil nagkaroon tayo ng civic center. Kung wala ito, wala tayong isolation center,” said Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago. “Yung pagpunta ninyo dito para magamot at magpagaling ay tulong ninyo upang maiwasan ang lubhang transmisyon sa siyudad.”
Enthused the mayor: “Ang maganda dito sa San Fernando, matatag ang gobyerno natin. Kahit anong pagsubok, dahil sama-sama tayo, tulong tulong tayo at naniniwala tayo na may gobyernong lokal, at nasyonal nalalagpasan natin.”
The city health office said a total of 1,312 individuals with confirmed, active, suspected, and probable cases of Covid-19 have been admitted at the Kalingan Fernandino isolation facility since it opened last April.
As of Nov. 13, 146 individuals remained confined in the six buildings of the isolation facility, the CHO added.
CHO officer-in-charge and incident commander Dr. Renely P. Tungol said the majority of those who recovered were from families who got infected from attending mass gatherings.
“Most of them ay magpapa-pamilya na close contacts ng mga confirmed cases sa kanilang bahay and mass gathering pa din ang kadalasang dahilan. Mayroon ding mga iilang empleyado,” Tungol said.
Tungol reminded the public of the persistent need to practice basic health protocols to combat the spread of Covid-19.
“May mga batang nahawa. Yung mga batang iyon hindi naman lumalabas ng bahay so ibig sabihin ay may nagdala sa kanila noong virus. So, dapat laging isa-isip at isa-puso na kapag lalabas ng bahay, laging may proteksyon sa sarili para hindi maidadala ang Covid sa kanilang pamamahay,” she noted.
“Studies have shown na ang Covid ay naiiwasan sa mga minimum health standards na ito and it really works. It should be consistently practiced,” she said. — with CSFP-CIO
