LAOAG CITY—The provincial government has built another facility for mild COVID-19 cases in a bid to ease the load of local hospitals that are being overwhelmed by a surge in severe cases of the disease, authorities said on Thursday (April 15).
A health task force in Ilocos Norte has been conducting a “more aggressive method of tracing and containment” after several outbreaks had recently hit at least two cities and one town in the province.
On Tuesday (April 13), the provincial government and the Department of Public Works and Highways in Ilocos Norte opened another isolation facility in the city, raising the total number of COVID-19 beds to 141.
The city government also t…
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