DILG: Cops may carry uncooperative patients to hospital
Published Feb 4, 2020 12:00 am
By Chito Chavez
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has warned that uncooperative individuals with symptoms of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (nCov) may be bodily carried out from their houses and examined by a doctor in a government-run hospital.
Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN)
DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said this goes for both local citizens and foreigners stressing its necessity to ensure that the nCov is controlled.
Stressing his point, Densing said there is no violation of people’s rights in these cases as public welfare concerns are at stake with the dreaded nCov scare reaching the country.
On Sunday, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año asked the country’s barangays (villages) to form their Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) in the wake of the worldwide 2019 novel coronavirus scare.
Año expounded the concerted efforts of the barangays and the public are plus factors to help the national government address any crisis brought about by the 2019 novel coronavirus.
He noted each barangay must be adequately informed about the disease and prepared to adopt protocols in containing it.
In DILG Memorandum Circular 2020-018, Año said that BHERTs should visit the home of arriving passengers from a coronavirus-infected country within the locality.
They will then list down the names of persons that the suspect has had contact with or without a copy of the list of arrivals from the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
The BHERTs shall also require newly-arrived passengers in their localities to record daily body temperature in the morning and afternoon, for the next 14 days of home confinement, and observe possible coronavirus symptoms.
The DILG chief said the BHERTs would serve as the eyes and ears of the government to ensure that residents within their jurisdiction are all accounted for and are fully informed about the coronavirus.
He added that local residents can provide assistance by reporting to barangay officials individuals showing signs of the virus.
Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN)
DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said this goes for both local citizens and foreigners stressing its necessity to ensure that the nCov is controlled.
Stressing his point, Densing said there is no violation of people’s rights in these cases as public welfare concerns are at stake with the dreaded nCov scare reaching the country.
On Sunday, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año asked the country’s barangays (villages) to form their Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) in the wake of the worldwide 2019 novel coronavirus scare.
Año expounded the concerted efforts of the barangays and the public are plus factors to help the national government address any crisis brought about by the 2019 novel coronavirus.
He noted each barangay must be adequately informed about the disease and prepared to adopt protocols in containing it.
In DILG Memorandum Circular 2020-018, Año said that BHERTs should visit the home of arriving passengers from a coronavirus-infected country within the locality.
They will then list down the names of persons that the suspect has had contact with or without a copy of the list of arrivals from the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
The BHERTs shall also require newly-arrived passengers in their localities to record daily body temperature in the morning and afternoon, for the next 14 days of home confinement, and observe possible coronavirus symptoms.
The DILG chief said the BHERTs would serve as the eyes and ears of the government to ensure that residents within their jurisdiction are all accounted for and are fully informed about the coronavirus.
He added that local residents can provide assistance by reporting to barangay officials individuals showing signs of the virus.