Tag: South Cotabato

Bilang ng tinamaan ng typhoid fever sa South Cotabato, tumaas

SOUTH COTABATO (Eagle News) –Tumaas ng 31.1% ang naitalang kaso ng typhoid fever sa South Cotabato sa first quarter ng 2016. Ayon sa Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU), mula noong Enero 1 hanggang Abril 23 nitong taon, 270 na ang biktima ng naturang sakit. Batay rin sa pag-aaral ng nabanggit na ahensya, 93-anyos ang pinakamatanda sa mga tinamaan ng naturang sakit habang pitong buwang sanggol naman ang pinakabata sa mga ito. Samantala, wala namang […]

Two areas in South Cotabato placed under state of calamity

KORONADAL, South Cotabato — Two towns in South Cotabato were placed under state of calamity due to the prolonged dry spell that caused intensive damages to the agricultural crops of the said province. Aside from the Koronodal City, the town of T’boli was now placed under state of calamity due to the effect of the El Niño phenomenon. (Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/ZcZqrNuMbJs

Family member of nurse from Saudi isolated for possible MERS-CoV infection

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) — The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 has sent to the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City for isolation and testing a close family member of a nurse from Banga town in South Cotabato who tested positive of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corono Virus (MERS-CoV) before returning home from Saudi Arabia last week. Dr. Alah Baby Vingno, chief of the DOH Region 12’s regional epidemiology […]