BAGUIO Representative Mark Go’s push to further expand the capacity of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) has been approved by the House of Representatives on third and final reading, and has been transmitted to the Senate. The bill would see the expansion of BGHMC’s bed capacity from [...]
BAGUIO City is now mulling over various options for the disposition of vaccines after seeing an oversupply of the COVID-19 jabs acquired by the local government. Baguio, currently sitting on a 91 percent first-dose coverage in terms of vaccinating its eligible population, and 43 percent in its eligible pediatric population, [...]
THE Baguio City Council has approved on first reading an ordinance that would mandate COVID-19 reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) swab tests for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) entering or leaving Baguio’s male and female city jail dormitories. The ordinance would be in compliance with existing health and [...]
THE city of Baguio has finally breached the 70 percent COVID-19 full vaccination coverage set as the minimum to achieve herd immunity, according to the City Health Services Office (CHSO). As of Wednesday, November 17, Baguio City has logged 75.8 percent of its eligible adult population being fully vaccinated [...]
FOR the first time in months, Baguio City’s healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) or overall occupancy and usage of hospitals and other healthcare facilities has dropped enough to be classified as low risk. According to City Health Officer Dr. Rowena Galpo, the city’s current healthcare utilization rate has dropped below 60 [...]
ON November 17, Baguio joined the dreaded 700 Club, meaning the city has now 700 COVID-19 related deaths since March 2020. This could be a depressing statistic, but that means that more than halfway through November, the city has only logged 35 deaths. It means that Baguio has finally stopped [...]
THE vaccination of Baguio City’s minor population is going smoothly, Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong touted on Monday. According to Magalong, the city is averaging some 800 minors vaccinated daily, ever since the city opened up its vaccination sites to minors last October 29. As of the start of the week, [...]
THE healthcare utilization rate in the city is now at moderate risk following the downtrend of COVID-19 incidence across the past weeks. According to City Health Officer Dr. Rowena Galpo, the healthcare utilization rate in the city, which hit as high as nearly 98 percent, has dropped to a lower [...]
BAGUIO City Mayor Benjamin Magalong is calling on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the city council to look into allowing the city to only require the use of face shields in select COVID-19 critical areas such as healthcare facilities. Magalong has written to both the IATF and the city [...]
BAGUIO City has opened up vaccination for minors aged 12 to 17 in the city. Over the course of the first week of vaccination being opened for minors, 3,180 Baguio residents aged 12 to 17 have received their first dose of the various available COVID-19 vaccines. The city is targeting [...]