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Volume IX, No. 237
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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PUI patient showing Young Pinsker’s Hawk-Eagle rescued in NoCot signs of COVID-19 virus hospitalized By NOEL PUNZALAN
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Health officials whisked a passenger at the arrival area at the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental after showing signs of the dreaded COVID-19 virus. The passenger has just
arrived from Manila when he registered a fever after passing a “thermal gun” installed at the airport arrival area, health officials said. Dr. Ian Christopher Gonzalez, regional head of the Department of Health See PATIENT, page 11
RESCUED. The juvenile Pinsker’s Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus pinskeri) found in a farm lot in Magpet, North Cotabato last March 6, 2020. The endangered bird species is under the care of the Magpet veterinary office through the assistance of regional environment officials. (Photo courtesy of DENR-12)
COTABATO CITY – A juvenile Pinsker’s Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus pinskeri) is under the care and monitoring of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 12 (Soccsksargen) following its rescue in the fields of Magpet, North Cotabato. A concerned citizen, Louige Allan Tutor of Barangay Magkaalam, Magpet,
posted online on Monday a photo of the rescued raptor, asking the DENR regional office to help secure the endangered bird species. The department’s station in Magpet took the feeble raptor under its care. “The rescued raptor has already undergone medical check-up and would remain under our care with the assistance of DENR personnel,” said Mylene See RESCUED, page 11
MisOr declares state of calamity, CSC postpones civil service exam By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
MISAMIS ORIENTAL: The province of Misamis Oriental is now under the state of calamity allowing its municipal towns to utilize its resources to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the locality.
The members of the provincial board declared Misamis Oriental under the “state of calamity” in response to the urgent request of Provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano after Malacañang declared a nationwide “State of Public Health Emergency” Monday. See DECLARES, page 11
My Statement on UP-developed COVID-19 test kits
COVID-19 AT THE SENATE. Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri discusses on Monday (Mar. 9, 2020) President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation No. 922 declaring a state of public health emergency throughout the Philippines. The President issued the proclamation following the report of the first known local transmission of the deadly disease in the country. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)
I am very happy to hear that the FDA has given the go-ahead for the use of the COVID-19 test kits developed by our scientists over at UP. I urge the government and UP to immediately mass-produce this test kit, if supplemental budget is necessary for this, I am more than willing to sponsor the measure. Since this is more affordable and more accessible, we will able to cater to more patients. Thank you to our UP scientists for this speedy answer to our test kit problem. One reason for the growing panic in the past few days has been the severe lack of testing kits—we had only 2,000 testing kits, which is simply not enough to cater to our population, even just in Metro Manila. With UP’s test kits, we can now more have a better diagnostic process for the virus, and hopefully, this will allow us to develop a better containment strategy as well, as we find out which areas have the most cases. Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri