Topic: [MEGATHREAD] Pilipinas Coronavirus/COVID-19 Thread - page 7. (Read 5765 times)

Some update on COVID-19...

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295807/confidence-complacency-led-to-spike-in-covid-19-cases-in-cebu

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295783/duterte-orders-cimatu-to-oversee-covid-19-response-in-cebu-city

It maybe bad news for some pero para sa akin napakagandang balita ito dahil sa wakas nakikialam na ang Palasyo sa sitwasyon dito sa Cebu. Last night, grabe ang trapik dahil iniisa-isa nila yong mga sasakyan inspeksyonen na dumadaan. Para sa akin mali yong pagbibigay ng LGU ng "special permit to operate" sa mga companies, parang binigyan nila ng pagkakataon ang virus to move out to other areas.

Some update on COVID-19...

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295807/confidence-complacency-led-to-spike-in-covid-19-cases-in-cebu

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295783/duterte-orders-cimatu-to-oversee-covid-19-response-in-cebu-city

It maybe bad news for some pero para sa akin napakagandang balita ito dahil sa wakas nakikialam na ang Palasyo sa sitwasyon dito sa Cebu. Last night, grabe ang trapik dahil iniisa-isa nila yong mga sasakyan inspeksyonen na dumadaan. Para sa akin mali yong pagbibigay ng LGU ng "special permit to operate" sa mga companies, parang binigyan nila ng pagkakataon ang virus to move out to other areas.

Talking about economic devastation, I don't understand why the Mayor in my city eagerly wants to have the ecq or mecq back again in the city. I mean, there were few balik bayan peps who arrived since the border opened, because this is one of the project of the LGU's to bring those people back home who was locally stranded in different areas of the country, at merong spike of numbers ng nag positive this past few days, actually the total number of positive cases in my region reached 33 from 11 before the border opened. These is like the LGU's fault for not securing these balik probinsya peps in a quarantine facility for another 14 days para mas sigurado. Pero ang ng yari yung mga tao yung nag su-suffer dahil mawawalan nanaman ng trabaho at negosyo. Actually we're under GCQ since June 1, and back again at MECQ today, until the 3rd of July.
The number of positive cases in my city is very low compared to other cities, Infact there was no local transmission, all of these positive cases has travel histories from places that records a lot of positive cases like Cebu and Manila.

Anyway, I can't believe that Nutildah is a Filipino citizen. Hehe. You are really a good poster and contributor of the forum.

Mainam na ito atleast pinapataas ng gamot na ito ang surviv rate ng isang malubhang pasyante, pero bakit kaya di nila sinuportahan ang FAI e sa tingin ko katulas din naman ito sa kasalukuyang na diskobreng gamot? ni nawala na ngang parang bula at parang wala talaaga silang plano na subukan ang gawang pinoy, Malaking breakthrough sana un sa filipino medicine if talagang effective un.

pero sana talaga mahanap na ung totoong gamot na mabisa talaga para matapos na ang sakit na ito.

Mainam na ito atleast pinapataas ng gamot na ito ang surviv rate ng isang malubhang pasyante, pero bakit kaya di nila sinuportahan ang FAI e sa tingin ko katulas din naman ito sa kasalukuyang na diskobreng gamot? ni nawala na ngang parang bula at parang wala talaaga silang plano na subukan ang gawang pinoy, Malaking breakthrough sana un sa filipino medicine if talagang effective un.

pero sana talaga mahanap na ung totoong gamot na mabisa talaga para matapos na ang sakit na ito.

Not 100% related sa OP.

Rainy season na mga kabayan and, as we all know, the economy is still recovering after the 2-month lockdown. Panigurado naman na pinaghandaan na din ito ng Gobyerno pero asahan din natin na mas mahihirapan sila ngayon dahil nabawasan pa ang capacity (manpower and/or funding) kaya brace yourselves lalo na kung matamaan ng bagyo ang area ninyo. Meron naman din nakuhang loans pero mainam pa din na handa tayo.

From GMA news:


Not a vaccine yet na pinakahihintay na'tin pero good naman atleast mayroon. One more thing, approved na rin siya ng WHO. But according sa ilang health experts and sa video ni Doc Willie Ong, ito ay para sa mga malalang patient na, hindi siya applicable sa mga mild nor sa virus free. Take note it is a steroid known naman na may mga side effects ito sa katawan ng tao. Kaya low dosage lang ang binibigay sa mga na sa critical condition na patients. Hoping na lang na mapunta ulit dito 'yong FAI since they knew better, para kahit papaano masuporthan 'yong mga na sa critical condition kaso may naging issue dati 'tong DOH, FDA against sa Fabunan.

Ingat lang rin sa pagbili. Pero AFAIK, pahirapan na makabili nito unlike noon. Need na rin ng reseta ng mga doctor bago ka mabigyan. Remember may side effects ito.

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/742914/steroid-dexamethasone-reduces-deaths-among-patients-with-severe-covid-19-trial-shows/story/?fbclid=IwAR211ExTI_xzO2YdHI2wcynNcghg8eL09tBypnasxtxyRkGCoomItI8_Aoo

Ang Cebu City lang ang inilagay sa ECQ status dahil ang Talisay City ay nasa MECQ.

This few few days, meron spike sa new cases dahil na nga halos lahat ng tao dito sa metro ay lumalabas na ng bahay. Ang iba para magtrabaho at kulang talaga sa disiplina ang karamihan dahil nilalabag ang minimum health protocols kagaya ng hindi pagsosoot ng face mask at walang physical distancing. Pansin ko rin na wala masyadong political will ang mayor ng Cebu City na mahigpit na ipatutupad ang nga protocols laban covid-19. One move that i don't like is that he appealed to the IATF na ibalik sa GCQ ang Cebu City buti nalang pinayuhan siya ng DILG na gamitin ang 15 day ECQ para i-implement ng mas strikto ang ECQ protocols.

Sana talaga magkaroon ng vaccine sa virus na ito para bumalik na ulit sa normal ang lahat. Stay safe mga kabayan!

I'm actually not a citizen, more just a Permanent Tourist. I'll have to leave the country and get my passport stamped before the end of the year. But thanks anyway. I do like the Philippines and while I'm not sure I'll ever become an official citizen, I plan on spending a lot of time here.

Ito nga pala yung mga lugar sa bansa natin na under pa rin sa ECQ, MECQ and GCQ. May possibilities pa rin talaga na bumalik sa lahat sa ECQ dahil patuloy pa rin ang pag akyat ng mga positive cases sa bansa natin.

knowing that the ECQ implemented on Cebu will only(and hoping) last for two weeks(June 16 - 30) and assuming that the LGU still has emergency funds left it is highly unlikely that they would get additional funds from the government. but if they are out of funds? they might. since they would probably have to provide food for the affected citizen when the ECQ is implemented.

I'm so disappointed, at gusto ko lng e share.
Sa mga medyo may alam dyan politically, tanong ko lang,
may makukuha bang National budget yung mga LGU's na under MECQ or ECQ? Hehehe.

This is awful news. They are just going to have more economic devastation. A lot of people are out of work and already walang pera -- its gonna get pretty bad over there. Making this reverse when people had already planned on opening back up for good is a real kick to the nuts of business owners. Here in LLC we are under GCQ but I am now pretty much stuck here as there are no reasonably-priced inter-island flights until July. I can go to Olongo island but that is about it.

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balita kagabi na ibabalik daw sa ECQ ang cebu at talisay dahil sa pagdami ulit ng cases kada araw sa area nila. eto na nga ba sinasabi ko eh. people let their guard down after the government lifting the strictness of the quarantine from ECQ to GCQ/MGCQ etc.. dito mo malalman na kung gaano tlga ka walang disiplina ang ibang pilipino. 

“We will give attention to Cebu City and Talisay because of the spike (in the number of infections). We are thinking of deploying additional police personnel in Cebu to ensure that the ECQ would be enforced,”

Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients.

Results were announced Tuesday and researchers said they would publish them soon. The study is a large, strict test that randomly assigned 2,104 patients to get the drug and compared them with 4,321 patients getting only usual care.

The drug was given either orally or through an IV. After 28 days, it had reduced deaths by 35% in patients who needed treatment with breathing machines and by 20% in those only needing supplemental oxygen. It did not appear to help less ill patients.

"This is an extremely welcome result,” one study leader, Peter Horby of the University of Oxford, said in a statement. “The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment, so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients. Dexamethasone is inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.”

Even though the drug only helps in severe cases, “countless lives will be saved globally,” said Nick Cammack of Wellcome, a British charity that supports science research.

“Dexamethasone must now be rolled out and accessed by thousands of critically ill patients around the world,” said Cammack, who had no role in the study. “It is highly affordable, easy to make, can be scaled up quickly and only needs a small dosage.” | via AP

The governor of Cebu said she will lift all the border checkpoints on June 12 and by that time also passenger ships will start their operation. I just read it on the online local newspaper and don't have a link to it.