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- 9 of 22 new Delta cases from Davao Occidental
- LTFRB warns PUV drivers: Follow health protocols or lose permit
- Is it wrong to get angry?
- Meditalk: Clarifying Covid-19 issues (Part 1)
| 9 of 22 new Delta cases from Davao Occidental Posted: 30 Aug 2021 04:10 AM PDT NINE of the 22 new Covid-19 Delta cases reported on Sunday, August 29, 2021, in Davao Region came from Davao Occidental. The 22 additional cases in the region were among the 516 additional Delta cases in the country reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, August 29, 2021. According to the DOH-Davao report on Sunday evening, one of the 22 Delta cases was among the 169 specimens sent last July 29 for whole-genome sequencing. Two of the cases were from the 230 specimens sent last August 5, while the 19 detected cases were from the 214 specimens sent last August 12. Based on the breakdown, Sta. Maria has the most detected Delta cases with nine, followed by Mati City in Davao Oriental and Davao City with four cases each, then Digos City in Davao del Sur with three, and Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in Davao del Norte and Magsaysay in Davao del Sur with one each. Out of the total, one had already tested negative, while the remaining 21 are currently subjected for reswabbing. All of the 22 are local cases and have been discharged. Davao Region, as of August 30, has a total of 48 confirmed Delta cases since the first batch of confirmed Delta cases were announced in late July this year. Among these, 20 are from Davao City, 10 are from Davao Oriental, nine from Davao Occidental, five from Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur each, and one from Davao de Oro. SunStar Davao reached out to Dr. Doreen Lolette Arciaga, incident commander for Covid-19 Response in Sta. Maria, Davao Occidental, for updates in the recent Delta cases in the municipality, but she has yet to respond. Arciaga said, however, in a previous interview that the area had attributed the surge of cases in the province due to mass gatherings, including sabong and gambling activities. The health official said most patients violated various health protocols based on their contact tracing history. "There are unreported gatherings such as online sabong, talpakan... (cockfighting), and rampant din ang sugal na patago (discreet gambling activities are rampant)," she said during the DOH-Davao virtual presser on August 23. While she did not provide the figure, Arciaga said a majority of their current active cases are participants of the online sabong. Sta. Maria is currently under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until August 31, where mass gatherings are prohibited, total liquor ban and curfew, which starts from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., are implemented, and only essential transactions are allowed. Arciaga said they are continuously implementing strict hard lockdown in areas wherein there is a clustering of cases. The municipal government had also reimplemented the food and emergency food pass to limit the mobility of their constituents. She added that they are also intensifying their case finding and identification of close contacts. Meanwhile, Davao del Sur information officer Sherwin Cesar told SunStar Davao in a phone interview that while they are still investigating the recently detected Delta cases in the province, they are already assuming that there is already a possible community transmission in their area considering that all of the five cases are tagged as local cases. Cesar said the continuous violation of health protocols among residents is one of the major factors to the continuous surge of cases in the province. He also said they noted complacency among security personnel in enforcing the protocols and ordinances on the ground. He added that some of their residents, including senior citizens, are still hesitant to get vaccinated. He said that as of August 30, the province has around 50,000 fully vaccinated individuals. The official said they noted the surge of cases in the province in early August this year. Due to the surge of cases in the area, the province has been classified by DOH as Critical Level 3 as hospitals, and temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMF) facilities are already overwhelmed. He added that two hospitals ceased operations due to undisclosed reasons, causing the shortage of bed capacities in the area. Cesar said some patients are forced to undergo home quarantine due to the decking of patients needing critical care treatment. "Naa nay ongoing lakang to put additional Covid wards diha sa compound sulod sa Davao del Sur Provincial hospitals, ug sa ubang hospitals (We already have plans for additional wards at the provincial hospital and other hospitals in the province)," he said, adding they are also adding beds in isolation facilities. To curb the continuous surge, the official said the province will be implementing granular lockdown in areas with clustering of cases. "Puno na gyud, and among resources depleted na (Our facilities are full and our resources have depleted)," he said. Cesar said they have yet to discuss the possible plan of establishing a government-owned oxygen plant in the province to brace for the possible surge of critical patients.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| LTFRB warns PUV drivers: Follow health protocols or lose permit Posted: 30 Aug 2021 04:08 AM PDT THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-Davao warned public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers of a possible revocation of their permits if they continue to not heed the implementation of health protocols in their units. LTFRB-Davao Director Nonito Llanos III told SunStar Davao in a phone interview that they had received complaints among passengers wherein health protocols, such as overloading of passengers, not placing barriers between the driver and passengers, among others, are not properly observed. Llanos said their team, during a surprise inspection on August 23, apprehended eight buses for not enforcing health protocols. Among the violations that were noted is the overloading of passengers, resulting in the non-compliance of physical distancing. The official said they were also able to apprehend public utility jeepneys (PUJs) during peak hours. The LTFRB official said drivers reasoned that some passengers were requesting the drivers to allow them on board despite not having any more available seats. Passengers are asking to be accommodated due to the limited operating buses in the area. He admitted that some PUV drivers, despite having secured a special permit to operate, opted not to operate due to the limited number of passengers on the ground. Some drivers, he said, were going beyond their allowable passenger limit due to more persons getting their vaccination. "Naa siguro misconception sa vaccination, kay ato tan-aw ani because of the higher percentage nga nagpabakuna na mga tao sa region, even drivers natagaan sila og higayon na mabakunahan, mao sigurong mu-relax sila (There has been a misconception of the vaccination. Because they saw a higher percentage of being vaccinated in the region, even drivers were being prioritized in the vaccination. This may be the reason why some of them were relaxed in implementing the health protocols)," Llanos said. Llanos said erring drivers and operators who will violate the health protocol will be slapped with a P5,000 penalty for the first offense. "Dili ni siya major violation na pwede tanggalan dayon sila og prangkisa (This is not a major violation wherein their franchises will be revoked at one strike), but if they will do it in many offenses, that is a ground of revocation of their franchises," he said. While he said they do not have data on the number of revoked franchises, he said they will not hesitate to revoke their permit to operate if they will be found out of not observing these protocols. Due to the limited number of enforcers on the ground, Llanos admitted that they are struggling to monitor the compliance of PUVs on the ground. He reminded drivers and passengers to do their share in implementing health protocols to curb the transmission of the virus. "This is not only the obligation of drivers and operators, but this is also the obligation of the community to follow the health protocols imposed by our government," Llanos said. Despite not being mandatory, the official urged drivers, operators, and other allied transport workers to have themselves vaccinated, for their own protection and their passengers.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2021 03:55 AM PDT MANY times, I have been hurt. No matter how I programmed my mind that if ever I encounter the same, I will be calmer and not much bothered. But, whenever an incident is re-experienced, I still shed a tear, and it hurts much. Anger in silence, I also feel. But then again, I try much to ignore the pain. I pretend I am not affected. Then I rationalize, trying to convince myself I did wrong even when morals and ethics prove I did not do wrong. I do all of this maybe because I do not want to get hurt anymore, dictating my heart and soul to feel no pain, especially when it is the same experience. And I also control myself not to get angry, and it feels like drowning. I asked myself -- Is it wrong to get angry? Then I have thought of life scenarios about anger causing trouble to many. And I did not like what I saw convincing me it is never good to feel angry. But then I also thought of stories about anger unexpressed causing stress and prolong hatred. And just the same, I did not like what I see that tells me it is never right to suppress emotions. I think expressing anger is not wrong if you do not cause harm to others and yourself. Humans are born with instinctive emotions. We feel joy when we are together with our loved ones and feel sad when left behind. We feel afraid when there is a threat. And we feel angry when there is injustice. We as humans are all vulnerable to get angry. We all can be offended by others, no matter how we try to be friendly and understanding. In other words, anger may help us stand for what is right and protect ourselves and others too. So, anger becomes evil when it causes injustice to others. We, as humans, were born automatically to react to stimuli. We get angry at times very quickly because of our primitive need to be safe and secured. Hence, expressing our anger may help us release feelings of distress. And from then, we become calmer. So, anger becomes a sin when you release foul, cursing, and below-the-belt words. We, as humans, no matter how tamed in the past, can become the angriest person. We may have a painful past but choose to set aside expressions of anger. Because we feel that expressing anger can lead to opening the gates to cruel experience acceptance. And from then, we say goodbye to the miseries it has brought us for so many years. So, is it alright to get hurt and feel pain, even express anger? I believe everybody hurts. And everybody can feel anger. It only becomes wrong when it leads our souls to sin against God. Remember that we can get angry without hurting others; we express our anger through harmful words and violent acts that make it evil. Even our God does get mad at times, but he is angry at sin and not with us. Gods' anger is not harmful, and it is called controlled anger. Again, at times we cannot control not getting angry. But those who vent their anger are not evil -- what is essential is to keep it within limits. Difficult but we can do -- let our anger drive us to greater love and peace. And allow God to heal our broken hearts due to pain and anger.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Meditalk: Clarifying Covid-19 issues (Part 1) Posted: 30 Aug 2021 03:53 AM PDT DEAR Dr. Fritz, Call me Eva. I am anxious about Covid-19 and I have some issues about this virus, which I want to clarify. First, is it true that vitamin and mineral supplements like vitamin C and Zinc can cure Covid-19? Second, if I drink warm water, can I rinse the virus from my throat? Third, if I rinse my throat and my nose with saline water, can I rinse the virus as well? Fourth, if I have allergies to food and drugs, can I still get the vaccine? Fifth, is it true that these Covid vaccines don't work with the new strains? Or would these vaccines make me get Covid-19? Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and more power. Eva 2021 *** Dear Eva 2021, I understand how this Covid-19 is getting all of us anxious. And now for your queries, let me get to them one by one. First, these Vitamins D and C and the mineral Zinc can really boost your immune system and help you ward off any viruses, especially if you lack them. But, sad to say, there is no evidence that these vitamins and minerals are a cure or treatment for Covid-19, especially if you have already been hit with these viruses. Second, water may be very important to anyone's health. But, there is no current evidence that drinking warm water can rinse the virus from your throat and can protect you against Covid-19. It can, however, soothe your dry throat, especially if you have a cough. And of course, don't forget to wash your hands with water, it is a better strategy to help you fend off these nasty viruses. Well, we're out of page right now. Let's continue this next time. Until then! Dr. Fritz (Dr. Fritz Legarde Espedilla is an aesthetic dermatologist and surgeon and a clinical sexologist. She is also trained in hypnotherapy and Medical Acupuncture. She has been in the broadcast media for more than a decade and has written a book based on her 15 year stint with her radio program, "Healthy is Sexy Secrets ni Dr. Fritz." For your questions, you may e-mail them to dokfritz@yahoo.com. If you don't wish your letter to be published, we regret that we cannot answer them. Thank you for your understanding.)  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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