16 health workers in Samar town contract COVID-19, seek assistance from govt

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16 health workers in Samar town contract COVID19, seek assistance from govt

A total of 16 medical frontliners have contracted the illness, of which 5 are in home quarantine, 6 are in isolation facilities, while the rest are at the rural health unit, said Dr. Katerina Abiertas.

"Pagod na pagod na ang healthcare workers. Dahil po sa training namin, kahit pagod na kami, kahit minsan nagtatampo na ang pamilya namin, uunahin po namin ang trabaho namin dahil sinumpaan po namin ang tungkulin namin. Pero kailangan din po namin ang pag-aalaga," she told ABS-CBN's Teleradyo. "Gusto po sana natin mabigyan lahat ng COVID positive na health workers kahit man lang COVID care kit...kagaya ng binibigay ni Vice President."

She also appealed for more quarantine facilities, more supplies of antigen tests and face masks, especially the N95 as health workers in Motiong only use surgical face masks. Medical frontliners from a nearby town will augment the fourth-class municipality's workforce in the meantime, according to Abiertas.The province has reported a total of 5,312 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday, of which 599 were active infections while 79 were deaths, according to Department of Health data.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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