{"id":249435,"date":"2020-03-21T07:02:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T11:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249435"},"modified":"2020-03-21T07:02:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T11:02:36","slug":"125-evacuation-centers-ready-to-serve-as-covid-19-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/21\/125-evacuation-centers-ready-to-serve-as-covid-19-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"125 evacuation centers ready to serve as Covid-19 facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v6.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecMarkVillar\/posts\/3416122985070322?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCNEvcl_jZ9enzliO9_11TYsBTGvpkG2yoToJAf-FCok_W_pwboyYoGZ12QjY1JUmQtqYAkrsC2oOVEM5cxlf1dF-Ea13eKO8p644rOlwmWiNEPyGvU6rSv-xlnZKkB4lwvZzQFHhp9E3WkxlcltCecclB1lsR1jhQ44KtfnFv-7fZ4n6NqAhR2kxwnSGK9hym9Fl8EKuFdWdsGb13peoJ8ry4A90cxf0ejiMZfIb11MRR3QPw7TL4vOJABPGsu1Qfc_nZjHRCQPW8KeS0kqusOKzvdF_Asit3mqbTn9ycF_Dsxs0tuJC9oSvFDYVD27UVAfYTksXYCklAs8YOfb6RwbftA7CO9QtxC2J1Jg9ITWGZZLOmcvPVhmpOU3-jebjhpsTVBE7KaBDKid5bd713lMyB2JM1KVmVt8gh0cVgcnbpkxTeWRsJ61EcHz58Cunhk5a8901g5ZFkWkV5QD10Wxe6ISiX5QloH0lnjNPWkH2cZlUwhRw15&amp;__tn__=H-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecMarkVillar\/posts\/3416122985070322\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>To augment the number of health facilities nationwide, DPWH is prepared to convert 125 evacuation centers to serve as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecMarkVillar\/\">Mark Villar<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecMarkVillar\/posts\/3416122985070322\">Friday, March 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 To augment the number of health facilities nationwide, the Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that a total of 125 evacuation centers is prepared to be converted as an exclusive facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Another) 110 evacuation centers have been completed with access to both power and water. We are now facilitating power and water connection to an additional 15 evacuation centers,\u201d Villar noted.<\/p>\n<p>In Butuan, the evacuation center has already been converted into a health facility specific to Covid-19 patients by the city government of Butuan and the Butuan City Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Villar noted that the DPWH has inspected, along with the Department of Health, possible location sites \u2014 such as in San Gabriel in Tuguegarao, San Pablo in Isabela, Mexico and Lubao in Pampanga, Botolan in Zambales, Talavera in Nueva Ecija, and Tabuk in Kalinga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Dalaguete in Cebu, the evacuation center is already being used as a health facility for Persons Under Investigation or Persons Under Monitoring. The DOH resident epidemiologist recommended bed arrangement with the appropriate distancing of 10.26 sq.m,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Villar said at least four evacuation centers are used as food hubs by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and another nine as emergency operations centers by the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.\u00a0<em><strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To augment the number of health facilities nationwide, DPWH is prepared to convert 125 evacuation centers to serve as&#8230; Posted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":249436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249437,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249435\/revisions\/249437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}