セブ市の80の地方自治体のうち、半分以上の49の自治体では2週間連続してコロナの感染が報告されていません。2021年11月18日（木）の時点で、検査した541人の住民のうち、コロナウイルスの陽性反応が出たのは9人だけでした。
感染者数の減少は「セブアノの集団的努力」の賜物であると言われています。政府は、医療関係者、法執行機関、そして従業員にワクチン接種を受けるようしている企業に感謝の意を表しています。
EOCの記録によると、セブ市のほとんどの施設では、従業員の85～95％にワクチンを接種しているそうです。ワクチンを接種していれば、重度の感染をする可能性は非常に低くなりま。
感染者数が少ないからといって、安心してはいけません。感染者が少なければ、もうウイルスはいないと思いがちなので、すぐに再発する可能性はあります。たとえ数が少なくても、感染者がいるという事実は、コロナウイルスがまだ存在することを示しているとGarganera氏は述べています。
クリスマスシーズンを目前に控え、ミサが行われるため、プロトコルの強化を検討しています。
EOCのデータによると、セブ市の人口の約55～56％がワクチンを接種している。
No new COVID cases in 49 barangays
OF THE 80 barangays in Cebu City, more than half or 49 have had no reported Covid-19 transmissions for two weeks straight.This according to Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deputy chief implementer. Garganera said as of Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, only nine out of the 541 residents that were swabbed tested positive for the coronavirus disease.
“That is a 1.66 percent positivity rate,” said Garganera, adding that the lowering of cases in Cebu City has been the product of the “Cebuanos’ collective effort.”“We cannot claim to do it ourselves. No matter how we try to observe protocols, if the people will not follow, nothing good would come out of it,” Garganera said.The EOC official acknowledged the medical frontliners, law enforcers and all business establishments that had been helping government by having their employees vaccinated against Covid-19.
“In fact, two days ago, we inspected Ayala, and we are proud because all their organic personnel are 100 percent vaccinated. So it will give confidence to the customer to go inside this particular area knowing that they are served by fully vaccinated staff,” he said.
Vaccination is key
Based on records of the EOC, most establishments in Cebu City have vaccinated 85-95 percent of their employees.“Vaccination plays a big role in keeping everybody safe. If you get vaccinated, you have a very low chance of becoming severely infected with Covid,” Garganera reiterated.
He also reminded Cebuanos not to be complacent even though cases were low as of Thursday, Nov. 18.
“People relapse quickly since they tend to think that if cases are low, there is no virus anymore. The very fact that we have cases, no matter how few they are is enough to prove that Covid is still around,” Garganera said.
Because the Christmas season is just around the corner and masses will be celebrated, the EOC will discuss revised protocols with the Archdiocese of Cebu.
Around 55-56 percent of Cebu City’s population have been vaccinated, according to EOC data.
Source:https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1913497/Cebu/Local-News/No-new-Covid-cases-in-49-barangays