The Provincial Government of La Union through the Office of the Provincial Governor – Environment and Natural Resources Unit ensures the maintenance of nursery plant in the Barangay Pias, City of San Fernando, La Union during the community quarantine on May 25, 2020. The team maintains the cleanliness and conditions of the various tree and plant species to be used for various greening activity programs in the Province.
SWEET AS THE HONEY. For residents of Bacnotan, La Union, life remains sweet as the honey — their town’s iconic product — despite the COVID-19 pandemic. With optimism, they begin to embrace the ‘new normal’ as a way of life. Meanwhile, the Provincial Government of La Union continues to provide assistance to its constituencies, such as in Bacnotan, where it distributed second wave of relief goods to 14,694 families on May 22-23, 2020.
ITRMC NOW A COVID-19 TESTING CENTER
The Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) in San Fernando City, La Union has now been accredited by the Department of Health-Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (DOH-RITM) as a testing center for Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) specimen.
The ITRMC, which serves as the apex hospital in La Union, could initially test up to 50 specimen per day. Testing capacity may increase as the laboratory personnel get familiarized with the procedure.
Priority for testing are specimen from confirmed and suspected patients admitted in hospitals within La Union.
The samples are being handled by the DOH-Center for Health Development 1 for transport to the ITRMC.
With this development, COVID-19 interventions in La Union may now be administered faster and more efficient.
To date, there are 150 suspected COVID-19 patients admitted in various hospitals in La Union, while two active cases remain.
Moving forward, the Provincial Government of La Union will strengthen disease surveillance in the Province through forging partnership with ITRMC’s testing center. It will begin testing of medical health personnel, checkpoint personnel and other frontliners to ensure the sustained operations to control and prevent spread of COVID-19 in the future.
BRIGHT SMILES FROM BALAOAN. Bright smiles that reflect hope and optimism shine in the faces of the residents of Balaoan, La Union, as they continue to receive aid amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 12,363 families in the town received their second wave of relief goods from the Provincial Government of La Union on May 20, 2020.
Hospital staff of La Union Medical Center rejoice as they send off the newly-recovered COVID-19 patient from Santo Tomas discharged from the hospital on May 20, 2020.
She tested positive on April 23, 2020 and received her first and second negative test results on May 5 and 20, 2020, respectively.
This brought down the active cases in the province to only two (2) patients.
LOVE GOODS FOR LUNA. Constituents of Luna, La Union feel the love of the Provincial Government of La Union through the second set of relief goods given to them on May 19, 2020. A total of 13,158 families received the ‘love goods.’
The Provincial Core Team Against CoViD-19 (PCTAC), headed by Gov. Pacoy, holds its regular meeting on May 19, 2020 at the Diego Silang Hall, Provincial Capitol, City of San Fernando, La Union.
Committees on Planning, Advisory and Research, Health Emergency Response, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Strategic Communications, Relief Operations, Logistics and Resource Mobilization, and Finance each reported their accomplishments as well as plans moving forward.
Gov Pacoy directed the Team to ensure all efforts of the PGLU to stop the spread of the disease and mitigate its effects are sustained and all programs & activities must be in line with the policies of the national government.
The PCTAC aims to sustain its positive momentum as La Union heads towards the New Normal.
SECOND WAVE FOR SAN GABRIEL AND SUDIPEN. The Provincial Government of La Union is steadfast in providing sustained assistance to its constituents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The second wave of relief operations continues as residents of San Gabriel and Sudipen receive their relief goods on May 18, 2020. Around 5,592 and 5,357 food packs were distributed in San Gabriel and Sudipen, respectively.
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