By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS I’M staggered by the justifications of Health Acting Secretary Janet Garin and Armed Forces Chief Gregorio Pio Catapang of their visit to the quarantined peacekeepers in Caballo Island in Cavite which Malacañang approves. Garin and Catapang have drawn flak for what many see as violation of the idea of quarantine. The
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Philippine College of Physicians, headed by Dr. Anthony Leachon, is recommending that the Philippine government require returning Filipinos from West Africa, where there is a widespread outbreak of the killer disease Ebola, to undergo exit screening there before being allowed to come home. That is on top of the
By DIANA G. MENDOZA EASIER international travel increases the threat of Ebola reaching the Philippines, public health experts warned in an Ebola Virus summit held Friday. “We cannot afford to be complacent about Ebola, “ warned Health Secretary Enrique Ona even as he assured that “The government has put enough resources to deal with
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE president of a national physicians organization is reminding the public to practice good hygiene as one of the measures to combat the Ebola virus currently sweeping West Africa. Tony Leachon, president of the Philippine College of Physicians and information director of the University of the Philippines-Manila, also urged the
