MAASIN CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) had started distributing food packs to the families of Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) and Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) in this city.
CSWDO chief Jhade Maturan said out of the 70 barangays in Maasin City, 48 barangays were recorded to have PUMs and PUIs as of this writing.
The food packs are being distributed to the concerned families whose livelihood was affected due to the 14 days home quarantine as advised by the health department to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
Each food pack contains rice, canned goods and bottled water.
The number of food packs provided depends on the date of their arrival to the city as indicated in the Health Declaration Form (HDF). A pack per week will be received by the said families while the PUIs/PUMs are undergoing home quarantine.
City Health Officer Francislisa Tan reported that as of 11 a.m. of March 19, Maasin City recorded 371 PUMs and 12 PUIs (with mild symptoms).
“With the influx of people coming from the National Capital Region (NCR) and the rest of the country, we are all exposed to an unseen enemy,” Tan said, referring to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was declared by the World Health Organization as pandemic.
Tan is urging everyone to stay at home and do self-quarantine, practice personal hygiene, observe proper cough etiquette, practice environmental sanitation, observe social distancing and say a lot of prayers. (ldl/rgc/PIA8-SouthernLeyte)
source https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1036759
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