Press Release | 17 April 2020
The Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development informs the public that there is one additional case of COVID-19 in the Region. This brings the total COVID-19 confirmed case to five (5).
The confirmed case is a 58-year-old, female from Burauen, Leyte with a history of travel from Guam (February 2020) and arrived in Manila last March 9, 2020. She stayed in Manila for 2 days then on March 13, 2020 arrived in Burauen, Leyte via a private vehicle together with 16 individuals composed of relatives and friends. All 16 passengers are asymptomatic at the moment. Symptom of sore throat was noted by the patient on March 23 followed by fever, headache and vomiting on the following day which prompted her to seek consult at the Rural Health Unit of Burauen but was referred to EVRMC. Upon triage in the EVRMC she was classified as a Mild PUI. She was advised strict home isolation for 14 days with medication. April 6, 2020 was supposed to be the end of the isolation. However, her symptoms persisted so she continued to isolate herself. On April 8, thru the effort of the Local Government Unit she was tested positive thru Rapid Antibody-based Test (Immunologic Method) for COVID-19 and was tested again twice with the same result hence, the referral to the DOH Regional office for confirmatory testing. Last April 13, an oropharyngeal swab was taken, sample sent to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu and just yesterday the result came which is RT-PCR positive for COVD-19. She was transferred yesterday to our referral hospital for observation and management. She is the 5th Covid-19 patient detected here in Region 8. This is not a local transmission.
April 20, 2020
Press Release / 14 April 2020
Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development received today the results from Vincente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). All eight samples are negative for COVID-19.
The negative results were from suspected cases and currently admitted in the referral hospital, provincial hospital and private hospital in the region.
As of today, there are 26 pending results from the 9th batch of samples which was sent to Vincente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) yesterday, April 13, 2020.
April 15, 2020
On March 13 this year, the University Administrative Council convened to suspend classes and order a work from home scheme for all VSU campuses amid the #COVID-19 pandemic. VSU President Edgardo E. Tulin already laid out some plans and strategic actions that will help protect the VSU community from the spread of the virus while also ensuring the welfare and providing basic needs of stranded students, frontliners and our people.
April 11, 2020
Press Release / April 7, 2020
Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development announces that out of the 35 samples sent to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu, two (2) turned-out positive for COVID-19.
The fourth confirmed case is a 56-year-old, female, from Tarangnan, Samar and the fifth confirmed case is a 32-year-old, female also from Tarangnan, Samar. Both new cases were in contact with the second confirmed case from Calbayog City.
April 8, 2020
The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD), the University of Trieste (UNITS) and Fondazione Italiana Fegato (FIF) enter into an Agreement to develop and implement of a program focused on molecular hepatology within the PhD Program in Molecular Biomedicine of UNITS. This Fellowship program integrates basic research and clinics focusing on the study of molecular approaches to cancer biology, genetics, jaundice and metabolic diseases. The duration of the program is for 3 years.
April 2, 2020