Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, the regional IATF deputy implementer for COVID-19 response in Cebu City, says the meticulous attention to detail of Cimatu and Feliciano helped the city.
A month ago, when SARS-CoV-2 spread uncontrollably in Cebu Cty, President Rodrigo Duterte tapped environment secretary Roy Cimatu and retired general Mel Feliciano to oversee the city's counterattack.
He said that one initial problem that contributed to the ballooning of Cebu City’s coronavirus case count was inaccurate reporting as to where the patients resided.“And then because once it reached the barangay, sometimes the address is just the barangay when you talk about Guadalupe and you just put there “Guadalupe” – Guadalupe has a 60,000 population, Maboolo has a 40,000 population so that is where – to me– that’s the root of the problem.
It was during Cebu City’s first period of general community quarantine from June 1 to 15, where hospitals were filling up quickly. New cases were reported by the hundreds every day, and the number of deaths also started to increase. because they can see all the pictures there as if nothing happened,” he added.The city had previously admitted that another error was allowing home quarantine for those who tested positive when their living area was not conducive for isolation.
For several weeks, the data between Cebu City Health Department and the Department of Health Central Visayas were conflicting.
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