TABUK CITY, Kalinga- The city health office here have started checking passengers of any vehicles specifically provincial buses entering the city last Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 2: 30 in the morning to prevent the possible entry of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the city.
Posted In the social media account of Tabuk, City Health Officer Henrietta Lynden Bagayao has created six teams composing of personnel from the City Health Office and City Risk Reduction Management Office to conduct a daily health screening test at Talaca checkpoint.
Apart from the health screening which includes temperature checking, they also do information education campaign to passengers regarding the dreaded disease and likewise distribute leaflets and facemasks to a symptomatic passenger with flu and cough.
“Diyay time nga in-set mi is very strategic ta ma-catch mi iti buses nga adu iti passengers na ken mostly a nakasakay ket dagidyay saan a taga Tabuk,” he said.
“Coordinated met lang daytuy iti PNP Talaca. I-flag down da diyay vehicle sakami sumrek nga ag-check at the same time ag-IEC ken nu adda iti symptomatic, adda iti colds ken flu na ikkan iti mask,” Taguiam added reiterating that only those who are symptomatic are advised to wear mask.
With regards to passengers entering from Tuguegarao, Taguiam said that this was already coordinated to the Municipal Health unit (MHU) of Rizal during their provincial health board meeting on Monday, February 3. Passengers coming from Tuao he said will be checked by the MHU- Pinukpuk.
The CHO being at the frontline on the preventive side, Taguiam said that the CHO is preparing for an emergency surveillance in case the city will have any suspected nCov infected.
“Ta nu adda iti symptomatic ket at least adda iti naka ready nga ambulance nga adda iti protective equipment da tapos isolated. Dyay driver ken dyay health worker ket naisina idyay patient isu nga dapat two compartments dyay ambulance,” Taguiam said.
They will also deploy health nurses to schools to provide IEC to students during their flag raising ceremony.
To cover all possible entry in the province, the Provincial Health Office have directed all municipal and the city health offices in the province specially those located in entry points to conduct regular monitoring to ensure that all who enter the province will be health screened