Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 4) — While donations are “overflowing” after going into lockdown due to 23 COVID-19 cases, foster care institution Hospicio de San Jose is “short of cash” and in need of monetary assistance, its president bared on Tuesday.
“We are advising the people who are still asking [if they can donate] and those who have not yet bought their goods if it is possible, they can just give cash assistance. Actually, we are really short of cash,” Sister Maria Socorro Pilar Evidente told CNN Philippines New Day on Tuesday.
“We spend more than P100,000 [on] medicine for the elderly every month,” she added. “Also, the same amount for the medicine of special children and adults. Operational expenses pa po namin.”
[Translation: We also have operational expenses.]
For details on how to donate cash, people can visit hospiciodesanjose.ph.
Evidente said their COVID-19 situation is “manageable,” with all 23 COVID-19 cases in Hospicio currently asymptomatic. Eight of those who had their swab test on April 21 will again be tested today after going through 14 days of quarantine, she said. Established in 1810, the Quiapo, Manila-based institutiomn is a home for orphans, the abandoned, children with special needs, and the elderly.
The Department of Health has revised its guidance on releasing asymptomatic, mild, and moderate cases, saying they are no longer required to undergo repeat testing.
Under Department Memorandum 0439 issued on Oct. 6, 2020, the DOH said those who never had COVID-19 symptoms since testing positive can be released from isolation after their two-week quarantine.
Meanwhile, patients with mild to moderate symptoms can be discharged “after 10 days from the onset of symptoms, with at least three days without symptoms, whichever is longer, upon clearance of a physician.”
