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Unvaccinated, out of malls, public transpo-Isko
By Nidz Godino
“We will face this threat of Omicron variant together this new year as challenge,” Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has announced heightened restrictions in the City of Manila as the National Capital Region (NCR) returned to Alert Level 3 on Jan. 3.
In Facebook live stream video, Domagoso had an emergency meeting with Manila’s medical sectors along with city’s health authorities to present their plan and preparations that they will use as guidelines in the coming weeks and months in preventing further spread of COVID-19.
From an average of 70 to 90 COVID-19 patients, Manila’s active cases climbed to 574 as of 5 in the afternoon Sunday, Jan. 2.
The local government unit announced following restrictions in relation to shifting back to Alert Level 3 starting Monday including suspension of face-to-face classes for early childhood, primary, and secondary levels of education; 10 in the evening to 4 in the morning curfew for minors; unvaccinated minors and adults will be forbidden from entering malls and utilizing public transportation vehicles; Manila City Hall to operate at 30 percent capacity;
Domagoso also mentioned status of Manila hospitals and health facilities with regard to their current COVID-19 response.
He stated that estimated inventory of oxygen tanks is at 68,700 liters of oxygen reserves; medicine supply of Remdesivir stands at 3935; and 732 Tocilizumab, 22,758 Molnupiravir, 3520 Baricitinib are on hand.
Manila’s 12 areas quarantine facilities were also activated as of Saturday which have 530 beds capacity, plus 200 beds of dormitels.
“My dear fellowmen, before I end this message, I have a favor to ask… and to everyone who visits Manila City, I have a favor to ask. Voluntary discipline. Please be concerned with yourselves and be careful in getting infected with COVID-19,” Domagoso stressed.
The Manila mayor also assured his constituents that local government will support its citizens and will assist them in every possible way it can during this time of need.
The Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force Against COVID-19 had announced that Metro Manila will return to Alert Level 3 classification on Jan. 3 as new COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country as it recorded 4,600 new COVID-cases on January 2.
The 7-day average of 1,400 cases in NCR, Sunday, is the highest since October 17,2021, last year.
Face to face classes will be suspended in Metro Manila starting January 3, Monday following the recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said this was decided by the Department of Education and Metro Manila mayors.
MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said suspension of face to face classes is automatic as Metro Manila goes under stricter Alert level 3 status starting Monday until Jan. 15 due to increase in COVID-19 cases and recorded cases of Omicron variant.
“Both local chief executives of Metro Manila and DepEd officials appeal to the parents to make sure children stay at home for their safety amid threat of rising infections,” the MMDA said on Twitter.
In a statement, DepEd said in-person classes in Metro Manila will resume once NCR reverts to Alert level 2.
It added that pilot face-to-face classes in areas under Alert Level 1 and Alert Level 2 will continue.
“Consistent with recent memorandum of IATF for the Alert Level 3 protocols and considering notable increase of Covid cases in NCR, DepEd, in consultation with DOH, confirms that face to face classes for pilot schools in NCR are suspended until alert level reverts to Level 2,” it said.
“Face-to-face classes in pilot schools in areas under Alert Levels 1 and 2 shall continue in the meantime that DepEd finalizes its report on the pilot face-to-face classes,” DepEd added.
The Philippines confirmed 4,600 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing country’s total to 2,851,931.
In just 7 days, the country’s daily tally of fresh cases ballooned more than fourteen fold from just 318 on Dec. 27,2021 last year to 4,600 this Sunday.
An independent research group said Philippines will continue to see rise in COVID-19 infections in the coming days, with numbers possibly surpassing figures from past surges.
Philippines was among last in the world to return to face-to-face classes, with students having to do remote learning for almost 2 years now.
The country’s economic planning agency said last year that the switch to remote learning will have negative impact lasting several years on students.
Philippines confirmed 4,600 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the country’s total to 2,851,931.
The positivity rate was also at 19.6 percent, way above 5 percent recommended rate by the World Health Organization, and the highest level since Sept. 20,2021, last year.
The Department of Health meanwhile also reported 535 new recoveries, pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 2,778,943.
This means that the country has total of 21,418 active cases as of 4 in the afternoon Sunday, which is the highest since Nov. 30,2021, last year.
Twenty five new deaths from COVID-19 were also reported, bringing the country’s death toll from the disease to 51,570.
Two laboratories were non-operational while 9 labs were not able to submit data, according to the DOH.
At least 14 cases of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the novel coronavirus have so far been detected in the country.
Meanwhile, the government missed its own target to vaccinate 54 million people by the end of 2021.
Worldwide, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 289.2 million people and caused over 5.44 million deaths since it was first reported in Wuhan, China in late 2019 according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
The United States remains the most badly affected country with over 54.8 million infections and over 825,000 deaths.
The Philippines’ first COVID-19 case was a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, China.
The first COVID-19 death outside of China, was also recorded in the Philippines last year.
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