THE City of San Fernando recorded on November 13, 2020, the highest number of recoveries from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) since March, the start of community quarantines and the pandemic this year.
According to the City Health Office (CHO) here, the local government unit sent home on Friday 75 Fernandinos who have recovered from the contagious virus. Some 1,312 confirmed, active, suspected and probable individuals had been admitted to the city’s isolation facility since April 15.
From the data of the CHO, only 146 individuals were housed in the six buildings of the city’s isolation facility, as of November 13.
Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago personally led the send-off-to-home ceremony of those who have recovered at the Covid-19 Kalingang Fernandino Isolation Facility located at the City Civic Center.
“Ako po at ang aking mga kasamahan ay masaya kayong binabati ng congratulations at natutuwa ako at kaming lahat dahil nagkaroon tayo ng civic center. Kung wala ito, wala tayong isolation center. Yung pagpunta ninyo dito para magamot at magpagaling ay tulong ninyo upang maiwasan ang lubhang transmisyon sa siyudad,” Santiago said.
“Ang maganda dito sa San Fernando, matatag ang gobyerno natin. Kahit anong pagsubok, dahil sama-sama tayo, tulong tulong tayo at naniniwala tayo na may gobyernong lokal, at nasyonal nalalagpasan natin,” the mayor added.
Dr. Renely P. Tungol, city health officer-in-charge and incident commander of the Incident Management Team, said the majority of those who recovered were from families who got infected upon attending mass gatherings.
“Most of them ay magpapa-pamilya na close contacts ng mga confirmed cases sa kanilang bahay and mass gathering pa din ang kadalasang dahilan. Mayroon ding mga iilang empleyado,” Tungol said.
Tungol underscored the importance of practicing basic health protocols in avoiding the novel coronavirus.
“May mga batang nahawa. Yung mga batang iyon hindi naman lumalabas ng bahay so ibig sabihin ay may nagdala sa kanila noong virus. So, dapat laging isa-isip at isa-puso na kapag lalabas ng bahay, laging may proteksyon sa sarili para hindi maidadala ang Covid sa kanilang pamamahay. Studies have shown na ang Covid ay naiiwasan sa mga minimum health standards na ito and it really works. It should be consistently practiced,” she said. (JTD with CSF-CIO)