{"id":263208,"date":"2020-07-28T06:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263208"},"modified":"2020-07-28T06:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:38:23","slug":"ph-orders-200k-nasal-cannula-machines-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/28\/ph-orders-200k-nasal-cannula-machines-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PH orders 200K nasal cannula machines: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_252612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252612\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/joey1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252612\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/joey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/joey1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/joey1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/joey1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/joey1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. on January 4, 2018\u00a0 JOEY DALUMPINES\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The national government has ordered 200,000 units of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) machines, a life-saving equipment used for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malaca\u00f1ang said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a virtual Palace briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said these HFNC machines are more effective than ventilators as a treatment option for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAng mabuting balita po, alam na natin kung paano maisalba ang buhay ng mga nagkakasakit. Alam na po natin na merong isang makina, yung<\/em>\u00a0high-pressure nasal equipment\u00a0<em>na mas mabuti daw po kesa sa<\/em>\u00a0ventilators\u00a0<em>na gamitin<\/em>\u00a0(The good news is, we know now how to save the lives of those getting sick. We know that there is a machine, a high-pressure nasal equipment which are better than ventilators),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said the HFNC machines are effective in improving oxygenation for Covid-19 patients and are also much cheaper than ventilators.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNapatunayan<\/em>\u00a0world-wide\u00a0<em>na tunay na<\/em>\u00a0life-saving machines\u00a0<em>ang mga ito<\/em>\u00a0(It has been proven world-wide that these are really life-saving machines),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>HFNC machines involve the use of a small plastic prong which is fitted into each nostril and blows in oxygen at a high flow rate.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Roque maintained that government has already presented a Covid-19 Recovery Plan, which focuses on the testing, isolation, and treatment of patients.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the importance of transferring asymptomatic and mild Covid-19 patients to isolation centers to prevent transmission among members of the household and the community.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roque, Duterte\u2019s Cabinet members have already been detailing the Recovery Plan during pre-SONA briefings.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, there are a total of 82,040 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country, of which 26,446 are recoveries and 1,945 are deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 82,040 confirmed cases, 4,863 are asymptomatic, 48,305 are mild, 220 are critical, and 261 are severe.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, he said the country\u2019s case fatality rate has also dropped from 2.9 percent in July 14 to 2.37 percent in July 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The national government has ordered 200,000 units of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) machines, a life-saving equipment used for coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":252612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263208","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263209,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263208\/revisions\/263209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}