As Covid-19 cases in Davao City continues to decline, Davao City Covid-19 Task Force wants the city to be placed under Alert Level 1 beginning March 1, 2022.
“On behalf of the task force, we are aiming for that. It is good for the economy, good for the people,” said Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Covid-19 Task Force.
However, she said even if the city will be placed under Alert Level 1, Dabawenyos should not forget to observe the Minimum Public Health Standards (MPHS).
“I-remind nato kanunay sa katawhan is kahit na mag alert level 1 ta dili nato pabayaan ang pinaka epektibo na ways to protect ourselves from the infection which is the MPHS. Based on experience for two years and data followed by our vaccine protected ta from the severity of the disease. It’s a combination of both,” she said.
Schlosser reported that as of February 20, 2022 Davao City already reached the positivity rate of 5 percent, which means that the positivity rate, which refers to the percentage of all tests that came out positive, is now within the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) recommendation for opening economies.
“That is very good news. Let us celebrate small successes like this. Unta magpadayon and this would remain kung consistent pud ang mga Dabawenyos sa ilahang pagka disiplinado ug padayon sa ilang kooperasyon sa mga lakang sa gobyerno labi na sa vaccination rollout and Covid-19 management in line with the Prevention, Detection, Isolation, Treatment, and Reintegration (PDITR) strategies.
Meanwhile, based on the Regional Situation Update on Covid-19 in Davao Region as of February 23, 2022 the Department of Health (DOH)- Davao Center for Health Development reported 85 new cases of Covid-19 in Davao Region bringing the total number of active cases to 2,781.
Of these 85 new cases, 32 were from Davao City; 16 were from Davao de Oro; 22 were from Davao del Norte; seven were from Davao del Sur; two were from Davao Occidental; and six were from Davao Oriental.
There were 271 recoveries reported of which 116 were from Davao City; four were from Davao de Oro; 28 were from Davao del Norte; four were from Davao del Sur; 112 were from Davao Occidental; and seven from Davao Oriental.
There were eight death cases reported with one new case from Davao del Sur; four from Davao del Norte; two late reports from Davao Occidental; and one new case from Davao Oriental.
