COVID-19 hits 1,154 health workers from February to March 21, says DOH
MANILA, Philippines — A complete of 1,154 healthcare staff have been inflicted with COVID-19 from February to March 21 this yr, the interval when the nation noticed a surge in coronavirus instances, the Division of Well being (DOH) revealed Monday.
Of this quantity, 367 have been lively instances, 786 have already recovered, and one has died, in line with DOH’s knowledge.
Well being Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire stated DOH is learning how one can increase the workforce in hospitals that lack adequate healthcare staff on account of personnel contracting COVID-19, taking a depart, or resigning from their jobs.
“Final July and August what we did, we requested assist from different areas who weren't a lot affected. And apart from that, meron ding mga hiring na ginawa (we additionally employed extra personnel),” Vergeire stated in a web-based press briefing.
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“So tinitingnan po sa ngayon kung ano ang pwede nating maibigay sa ating mga healthcare models para dito sa further well being human assets,” she added.
(So we're taking a look at what we will do to offer healthcare models with further well being human assets.)
A complete of 336,656 frontliners have been vaccinated towards COVID-19 as of March 20, in response to DOH.
DOH additionally stated 1,105,600 of the 1,125,600 obtainable doses have already been distributed to vaccination websites throughout the nation.
As of Sunday, the nation has already recorded a complete of 663,794 COVID-19 instances, together with 73,072 are lively instances, 577,754 recovered sufferers, and 12,968 fatalities.
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