ILOILO CITY, August 27 (PIA) – The national government is able to help Iloilo and Western Negros develop capabilities in combating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as the number of infections in these spaces increases.
This was emphasized by the Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Visayas (OPAV) Michael Lloyd Dino in recognizing the presence of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Roy A. Cimatu and General Melquiades Feliciano, Assistant Manager for Implementation of Visayas COVID Response, at the assembly of the regional organization of runners between the Regional Working Group of Western Visas COVID-19 on 26 August.
Cimatu, who is also the leader of Regional Progression and Security (CORDS) for Region VI, and Feliciano were sent through the national government to assistance founded at their party in Cebu, where they also led the national team that worked with the local government in cutting the coVID-19 developing instances, in which they were successful.
Dino said President Duterte responded to his call by sending national officials who could do so.
“Secretary Cimatu and Ge. Felicianon are there to help Iloilo and Negros and to show that the national government is there to help,” Dino said.
One known domain through the head of OPAV in which Iloilo and Negros will have to work is the creation of capacity of hospital beds for patients with COVID-19.
The official said he would be in charge of processing the back and running 3,000 lab tests in Region 6. Yesterday, a spouse from the personal sector proposed to air the samples to Cebu for treatment.
Your undersecretary and special affairs officer of Western Visayas Anthony Gerard “Jonji” Gonzales will coordinate with the Ministry of Public Works and Roads in its assignment to establish quarantine and isolation facilities and offsite dormitories for ongoing fitness workers. in the region.
While in Iloilo on 26 August in the first stage of their visits to key areas of the region, Dino said in particular that Iloilo needed foreign aid (national government), just as Cebu had done before.
“Kumbaga, we called it ” there, he did that,” Dino said, referring to Cebu’s experience, in which they were able to decrease the instances and flatten the curve.
Gonzales recalled the main points of what happened in Cebu city where, through the implementation and implementation of measures with the national government, the bodies were closed in a month.
He added that the team had been brought here through Secretary Dino for percentage internships with Iloilo and Negros.
“We’ll do it in those more productive practices,” Gonzales said.
National officials also met with Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treas and Iloilo Governor Arthur Defender, Jr., to discuss local CEOs’ considerations of the pandemic scenario.
They also met with regionals from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
They said they were returning to the for express activities, adding interact with the officials of the barangay of that city.
For his part, Cimatu said barangay officials played a role in the fight opposed to coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).
He added that they will return here to meet with the city government to discuss how they can contribute to the efforts.
It should be remembered that the Secretary of the Environment was sent through President Rodrigo Duterte to lead the national government team that worked with local officials and other actors in Cebu to put into force measures contrary to COVID-19 that eventually brought down cases of contagion. in that country.
D’Iloilo, Secretary Dino and he traveled to Bacolod to also meet with senior local officials from the city and the western province of Negros. The assembly is scheduled for today, August 28. (JBG / JSC / PIA6 / OpAV Photos)