The City Government of Davao has approved the request of the Davao Doctors Hospital’s (DDH) Home Care Program for COVID-19 positive patients in the wake of the massive surge in new cases.
Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte, in a September 7 reply letter to DDH medical doctor Ronald P. Tangente, said, “We hope that through our collective efforts, we may continue to work together and count on your support on our COVID-19 response measures in Davao City.”
The mayor underscored the need to further implement response strategies to address the COVID-19 surge “as hospitals are currently overrun by the increasing number of patients every day.”
DDH, on its official Facebook page posted on the evening of September 7, said its request aims to augment efforts amid the surge of COVID-19 cases that continues to overwhelm the city’s healthcare facilities.
“Details and mechanics of the DDH Home Care Program will be posted soon on our official social media channels,” said the DDH statement.
Mayor Duterte’s Executive Order (E.O.) 44, which ordered the implementation of a fully operational work-from-home (WFH) and skeleton workforce arrangement in all barangays, city, and national government officrs due to the massive COVID-19 surge in the city, took effect on Wednesday, September 8.
She said the Health Group of the Response Cluster of the Davao COVID-19 Task Force recommended putting essential workers on a work-from-home arrangement but it was modified to be mandatory only for government offices so as not to disrupt businesses and private offices.
The city’s general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions status has been extended until September 30. The city may request to elevate the classification status depending on the Davao COVID-19 Task Force’s review.
Mayor Duterte has asked the health group of the COVID-19 Task Force to review the criteria of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (MEID) on the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) amid the city’s surge of COVID-19 cases.
The mayor, during her Special Hours program over 87.6 Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) held Monday afternoon, September 6, said, “Sa ato sa COVID-19 Task Force, we asked the health group to look into the numbers and see kung pasok ba sya sa (if we fit the) criteria sa (of the) ECQ under the IATF criteria because on our own, we don’t have criteria. Nagahatag og community quarantine classification kay ang IATF (The community quarantine classification is being issued by the IATF).”
On September 7, Davao City logged 327 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 7,018 active cases.CIO
