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No. Asking reasonable questions is not speculation.

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noun: speculation; plural noun: speculations
1. the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
"there has been widespread speculation that he plans to quit"

Stating that the hospital asked how the patient got past the border and protocols, and asking reasonable questions to show possibilities is not speculation. No one is forming a theory or giving an opinion other than we don't know and would like to know.
Conjecture:
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
"conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied"

No opinion or conclusion was offered in anything I wrote. Just that I don't know and would like to know and someone might have information I haven't read or heard.

 

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La Libertad Municipal Hall, Police Station, Rural Health Unit, including Pacuan Primary Community Hospital are all CLOSED after employees and staff were exposed to COVID-19 patients.
This was confirmed by Mayor Emmanuel Iway in a phone interview with Energy FM.
Listen to Energy Balita Numero Uno, 6am-8am, Monday to Friday for more details.

 

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#NewsBite: Here's the latest breakdown of the new COVID-19 cases in Negros Oriental as of today, November 2, 2020.
Most of the new cases are from Guihulngan City, including a five-year-old boy.
New cases were also recorded in Bayawan City, Sta. Catalina, La Libertad, Ayungon, Mabinay, Zamboanguita, and Tanjay City.
Two new deaths were also reported in Guihulngan City and Zamboanguita, both senior citizens.
Sixteen new recoveries were also reported in the province, Estacion said.
The total case count in Negros Oriental is now at 361, with 136 active cases, 218 recoveries, and nine deaths.

 

[Dumaguete] City Health Officer Dr. Maria Sarah B. Talla disclosed that 13 close contacts of the 5 additional COVID confirmed cases have been quarantined and shall be subject to swab tests.
The City now has 11 active COVID cases, thus authorities are asking the members of the public to observe the health protocols such as wearing of face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing.
Specifically, 8 of the new Persons Under Monitoring or PUMs are close contacts of the 4 members of a family who were confirmed COVID cases while 4 other PUMs are close contacts of NEGOR-COV 253.
Dr. Talla also informed Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, Chairperson of the City’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases that 12 other PUMs are quarantined today but are not related to the active COVID cases.
The 12 other PUMs include: 8 Locally Stranded Individuals from Manila, Cebu, Mandaue City and Zamboanga City; 2 sales representatives from Cebu and 2 private employees from Manila.
On the other hand, 34 PUMs completed today the 14-day quarantine without any medical incident, thus cleared to return to their families. Nine (9) of the newly released PUMs were exposed to a COVID case in Barangay Bajumpandan.
Also, of the current 319 PUMs: 170 are in designated hotel facilities, 65 are in the community isolation center, while 88 are in the barangay isolation centers.
None of the 319 Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) seen and examined by the City Health workers manifested symptoms of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) while under quarantine.
(OCTOBER 27, 2020) COVID STATUS UPDATE

 

I'm used to that. If you'll notice, the last line of the script part doesn't add up to 361 either. That's relatively normal error. Onething I will say - Cebu brought its cases way down, transferred skills to Bacolod and Bacolod is down, Ililo is showing sings of reduction. I think it's very possible they get this right and quell the spread. Crossing my fingers.

 

The Daily News Journal
#NewsBite: Here's the latest breakdown of the active COVID-19 cases in Negros Oriental as of today, November 3, 2020.
There are 141 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
Guihulngan City has the city with the most number of active cases at 57, followed by Bayawan City with 32, and Dumaguete City at 10.
Tayasan has nine active cases, Sta. Catalina town has eight, Zamboanguita has seven, La Libertad has five, Ayungon has three, while Bais City and Siaton town have two each.
Tanjay City, Bacong, Mabinay, and Sibulan have one case each.
A patient from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental is still being admitted at the Silliman University Medical Center (SUMC), while a soldier of the Philippine Army's 302nd Infantry Brigade is also under isolation at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital.
The total case count in Negros Oriental is now at 372, with 141 active cases, 222 recoveries, and nine deaths.

 

Something we have to be VERY VERY careful about. I have wondered since late march what would happen if Dumaguete in Negros Oriental suddenly developed "clusters," like manila and cebu. Could we control the outbreak, could we break the cycle of rapid contagion spreading by "local transmission."

Well folks, IT'S HERE, and, so far, it does not look good. We've switched back to "take out," instead of "dine-in," for a week (but not stopping good tips); reduced our out-of-the-house trips; and gotten more careful about distancing. Our 100% use of face masks has never and will never slack. We have to "flatten" the curve here. THINK THINK THINK....