BAGUIO CITY (PIA) -- The City Health Services Office (CHSO) renewed its call to the public to get their COVID-19 vaccine and booster doses following the increasing trend of COVID-19 cases in the city.
Dr. Donnabel Panes of CHSO said they have recorded 394 COVID-19 cases in May compared to the 169 cases recorded in April.
Although most of the cases are mild, 96 COVID-19 patients are currently admitted in the various hospitals in the city. Most of them are unvaccinated and with comorbidities.
As of May 31, CHSO recorded the highest health care utilization since December 2022.
"Karamihan po sa kanila, unboostered and unvaccinated, so, really a time to check on your vaccination records, mga kapatid, dahil kailangan pong updated ang inyong vaccine," Panes reminded.
COVID may not be a public health emergency anymore, "but is does not mean that we're already out of the woods. It's just telling us, it's not an international concern anymore. But still, we are still watching it out because the transmission is still ongoing," she stressed.
The order of Mayor Benjamin Magalong for the mandatory wearing of face mask in indoor spaces is a good move in curbing the COVID-19 cases. We're just protecting our health care utilization. We do not like our hospitals to be overwhelmed with cases coming from COVID kasi marami pa po tayong cases na kailangang tingnan aside from COVID, Panes said.
