BACOLOD City – The city government purchased at least 1,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).
Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, head of the local inter-agency task force on COVID-19, said part of the P10-million standby fund the city council had allocated last week went to the procurement of PPE sets.
Executive Assistant Jomarie Vargas, cluster head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said these protective gears will be used by health and rescue personnel should they need to respond to COVID-19 cases.
Each set of PPE costs P3,750. The PPE includes protective clothing, gloves, goggles, facemasks and other equipment designed to protect the wearer from infection.
Dr. Anna Maria Laarni Pornan of the City Health Office together with CDRRMO personnel demonstrated the donning and doffing of PPEs at the New Government Center on Feb.17.
Vargas said the orientation aimed to harmonize the preparedness and response plans of the barangays and to establish guidelines to prevent, contain, and mitigate the possible transmission of the virus.
The task force also distributed face mask, alcohol and gloves to every barangays of this city./PN
